Hi Folks,
It's next to impossible for me to stay inside this time of year , even on a
rainy day. Yesterday and today I've made the rounds in four different
counties. Some of the birds seen:
Friday 4/29; National Wildlife Visitor Center , PG County:
RING-NECKED DUCK--1
Solitary Sandpiper--1
Spotted Sandpiper--4
W. Snipe--1
Yellow-throated Vireo--3 singing , all around the building
N. Parula--2 or 3
Pine Warbler--1 heard
Ovenbird--2 or 3
Common Yellowthroat--2
Indigo Bunting--1
Anne Arundel Co.; woods at east end of Winterson Rd., north of BWI
airport (Relay CE atlas block):
House Wren--2
WINTER WREN--1 seen
Hermit Thrush--1 seen
Wood Thrush--1 heard
Brown Thrasher--1 heard
Common Yellowthroat--2 heard
Sat., 4/30 Howard Co. with Tom Feild:
Elkridge:
Solitary Sandpiper--1 flyover
Patapsco Valley State Park (PVSP), Orange Grove area:
Wood Thrush--1 singing
N. Parula--ca 10
Am. Redstart--2
Louisiana Waterthrush--ca 10
Belmont:
E. Kingbird--1
Race Rd. wetland:
Brown Thrasher--1 singing
Yellow Warbler--1 or 2 singing
Common Yellowthroat--1 or 2 singing
4/30 Baltimore Co.
PVSP Glenartney with Tom Feild:
Barred Owl--1 heard
Hermit Thrush--1 seen
Mears Farm (PVSP) with Charlie Kucera:
Am. Kestrel--1 female
RING-NECKED PHEASANT--one male; a tame bird. While I was viewing it from
the road, it walked down toward me--so close that I could no longer focus it
in the binoculars. Charlie got some photos. Origin unknown.
Barred Owl--1 calling spontaneously from back woods
House Wren--2 or 3
Hermit Thrush--2 together back in woods
Brown Thrasher--2
Prairie Warbler--at least 4 singing in the "back 40"
Common Yellowthroat--3
UMBC with Charlie Kucera:
Green Heron--1
Black Vulture--1; very uncommon here
House Wren--they're back , and will probably soon occupy all 6 woodland
nestboxes
Gray Catbird--2 or 3
Yellow Warbler--2
Ovenbird--1 (very uncommon here)
Common Yellowthroat--2
Savannah Sparrow--6--definitely moving through
Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie
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