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Patuxent North Tract Sunday 05-08-05

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Steve Sanford

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Steve Sanford

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Sun, 8 May 2005 19:18:48 -0400

The Baltimore Bird Club field trip to Patuxent North Tract today 
seemed pretty slow compared to typical visits at this time of year. 
There were no masses of migrant warblers, and birds not easy to see 
due to the wind.

Nevertheless, we did see or hear most of the expected residents such 
as Summer and Scarlet Tanager, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, 
Bluebird, Prairie Warbler (lots), one Yellow-breasted Chat, Hooded and 
Kentucky Warbler heard only, and both Orioles.

We got good looks at Black-throated Green Warbler and Chestnut-sided 
Warbler at the entrance to the riverside trail by the visitor center. 
We had 14 species of warbler in the refuge. (3 more at the Nursery 
Road Park'n'Ride, including Blackpoll.) We missed Prothonotary Warbler 
because the prime area beyond New Marsh is closed due to bridge 
reconstruction. We did not find any cuckoos. The seen Summer Tanagers 
and a heard-only Chat were at the usual area on the road to New Marsh 
by the power lines.

We heard some Summer  Tanagers having a song battle on the road to 
Lake Allen. The songs were a little hoarse for Summer Tanagers but the 
tune was right. Pete Webb speculated that they might really be Scarlet 
Tanagers with a Summer Tanager accents because there seemed to be an 
occasional "chip-burr" blended in with the song. It took 10 minutes to 
find one of them, and, it was indeed a Scarlet Tanager.

Lake Allen is now open. There was not much there, but in the wetland 
across the road from the lake we saw Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper 
and Green Heron.

We had 72 species in the refuge. 12 people joined the trip. Leader: 
Steve Sanford.

A partial list of species at the refuge follows:

Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
peep species
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

Steve Sanford
Randallstown MD (Balto Co)
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