Spent much of the morning at Flag Ponds Nature Park, Calvert County.
Beautiful weather and birds to go with it.

Highlights of 65 species seen (new for year in CAPS):

Beach area:

Common Loon - 1
Bufflehead - 14
SEASIDE SPARROW - 5
Swamp Sparrow -1
MARSH WREN - 1
Osprey - 2
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 2
CASPIAN TERN - 1

Trails:

Eastern Phoebe - 2
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 5
RED-EYED VIREO - 3
Wood Thrush - 2
GRAY CATBIRD - 4
Brown Thrasher - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 17
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
American Goldfinch - too many
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER -1
Northern Parula - 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8
Yellow-throated Warbler - 8
Pine Warbler - 5
PRAIRIE WARBLER - 7
AMERICAN REDSTART - 1
WORM-EATING WARBLER - 2
Ovenbird - 2
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 7
HOODED WARBLER - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 2
SCARLET TANAGER - 1

Ponds:
Wood Duck - 2
Pied-billed Grebe (vocalizing) - 1

Butterflies:
Pine Elfin
Henry's Elfin
Juniper Hairstreak
Zebra Swallowtail
Falcate Orangetip
Spring Azure
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
American Lady
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Silver-spotted Skipper
Juvenal's Duskywing

Addendum: On Wednesday evening (4/21), there were two American Bitterns in
a small marsh along the powerline at Pushaw Station Road. This is not a
place for public access.




Arlene Ripley
Calvert County, MD

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