This morning while atlasing we saw a GREAT EGRET. Confirmed YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO carrying food and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD being fed by a warbling vireo. The Va Rails seem to have dispersed. No bobwhite to today either. Many family groups of swallows and flocking behavior evident.
We had the same willow flycatchers in the same areas and are so frustrated by their behavior. They sit, sit and sit! I'm ready to offer a reward to anyone that can confirm willow in my block for me. I give up!
Bonnie
Bonnie Ott
Howard County Field Trip Chair
Ellicott City, MD |