Having a little more time to spend at Elk Neck on 8/22, I added these
warblers
to the ones Chris Starling reported, making it a 11 warbler morning in
all.
(nice meeting you, Chris!)
Black-and-White Warbler (3)
Blue-winged Warbler (1)
Common Yellowthroat (1)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (6)
Black-throated Green Warbler (10)
Tomas Dahlen
Towson, MD
Chris Starling wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> (CECIL): Yesterday (8/22) after the cold front I decided to go to Turkey
> Point in Cecil County to see if any migrants were moving about.
> Unfortunatly it was also my wife's birthday so I was only "allowed" to stay
> an hour ot two. birds were there I only wish I had more time to browse
> through them! I did get 33 species in a little over an hour. Most notably
> was a lone Canada Warbler working along with other passerines. below is the
> list of migrants seen at Turkey Point (Elk Neck State Park):
>
> Cooper's Hawk (1)
> Bald Eagle (resident)
> Chimney Swift (6)
> Great-crested Flycatcher (1)
> Eastern Wood-Pewee (8)
> Least Flycatcher (1)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3)
> House Wren (1)
> Ruby-throated Hummer (1)
> Pine Warbler (4)
> Black-throated Blue Warbler (3)
> Blackburnian Warbler (1)
> Northern Parula (2)
> Canada Warbler (1)
> Redstart (3)
> Baltimore Oriole (3)
> Scarlet Tanager (1)
>
> (HARFORD): Today, 8/23, I took a few minutes while on a stand-by here at
> work to bird a section of road at the southerly end of Gunpowder Neck at
> the Edgewood Area of APG. birds were few and far between but I did manage
> to get at least 2 and possibly 3 Eastern Screech Owls to answer my
> immitations! Other birds around were numerous Eastern Wood-Pewees, one
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a few Red-eyed Vireos, four Mute Swans and a couple
> of Killdeer in the fields on they way down to the point. Also this morning
> I noticed that the Ruggles Golf Course at the Aberdeen Area of APG is
> holding around 100 Killdeer. I remember last year noting this took place in
> the same area. I wish i had my scope to see if there were other shorebirds
> with them. I fell that they will stick around for a little while as they
> did last year, so perhaps I can get a better look later?...
> Cowbird and martin flocks are growing steadily on both army posts, however,
> I have not seen the LARGE martin flock that roosted near building E5005
> since last week.
>
> Good Birding,
> Chris Starling
> North East, MD
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