Folks

This AM I went to the old abandoned sewage treatment plant near Bryan's Road, MD looking for migrant songbirds.  I had some successes:

Warblers found there were:

Blue-winged Warbler (#208 for the big year) - a male,
Tennessee  - one also at the house early,
Northern Parula - maybe up to eight - both males and females,
Magnolia (2) - a pair of females,
Black & White - several males and females,
Ovenbird - (2), and 
Canada (#209) - one male, two females.

Along the Pomonkey Creek, which is at the end of the trail, highlights were 12 Great Egrets, a pair of Kingfishers,and about 8 Cedar Waxwings.  The SW pond netted two Green Herons.

Other birds along the way were 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, four species of Woodpecker (Pileated, Hairy, Downy, and Red-bellied), Red-eyed Vireo (10), Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood Pewee, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, and a pair of Indigo Buntings.  

At the house this afternoon was a female Orchard Oriole, and a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.  One recently fledge Brown-headed Cowbird stopped in to feed.  Also a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks were displaying overhead.  

The hummingbirds must number a dozen with the five feeders to choose from.  Males will be leaving soon.  Leave out your feeders to Christmas to see who gets the Rufous, Black-chinned, or better.  Leaving out the feeder will not delay migration.  If anything, it will give the later migrants a little more energy to make it to the wintering grounds.  

Saturday Blue Grosbeak were still singing along Marshall Hall Road if anyone is looking for this species.

Now if I could only find some shorebird habitat in Charles County.

Good migration.

George