Alerted by a singing Baltimore Oriole and Yellow Warbler and 4 Common 
Loons over my yard this morning, I decided I better get out and bird 
and defer yard tasks another day.

I went to Milford Mill Park (MM), then Soldiers' Delight (SD) in 
western Baltimore county. Both were very birdy - finally. At Milford 
Mill in two hours I had 14 Warbler species including B-t Green, 
Worm-eating, Hooded, and N Waterthrush. Two hours at Soldiers' Delight 
added two more: Prairie and a spectacular Blackburnian Warbler. 
Pleasantly, I had good looks at all the warblers except Parula, and 
there was lots of singing at Milford Mill.

The Warblers and some others were as follows. * = first of season for 
me

Blue-winged Warbler - MM 2 (first seen yesterday at MM)
Northern Parula - MM, SD
Yellow Warbler - MM 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler * - MM 1, SD 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - MM, SD - ~10 each place
Yellow-rumped Warbler - MM ~25, SD ~50-100
Black-throated Green Warbler * - MM 3
Blackburnian Warbler * - SD-1 very well seen - the king of warblers
Prairie Warbler - SD 2
Palm Warbler - MM, SD ~5 each place, mainly yellow, one definite 
western at SD
Black-and-white Warbler - MM, SD ~10 each place
American Redstart - MM ~10
Worm-eating Warbler * - MM 1
Ovenbird - MM 5, SD 1
Northern Waterthrush * - MM 1
Hooded Warbler - MM 1

Also

Rose-breasted Grosbeak * - SD 1 (heard then seen flying)
Scarlet Tanager - MM 1
Veery - MM 1, SD 1 (first seen yesterday at MM)
Wood Thrush - MM ~5
Blue-headed Vireo - ~5 both places
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - still surprisingly numerous, ~15 at MM
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - a few

Still no Indigo Buntings.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown MD (Balto Co)
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