Swan Harbor was the place to be this morning with excellent shorebird
habitat. I will do my best to keep an eye on this place through the rest of the
summer.
Mallard - 6
Pied-billed Grebe - 2, one singing
Glossy Ibis - 1
Semi Plover - 12 minimum
Great Yellowlegs - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 15
Solitary Sandpiper - 8
Spotted Sandpiper - 6
Least Sandpiper - 50
Semi Sandpiper - 10
Short-billed Dowitcher - 21
Dunlin - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Sedge/Marsh Wren - 1 backlit flying away, gut said Sedge Wren, but couldn't
refind it and it wouldn't call
Savannah Sparrow - 1 getting late
Bobolink - 1
many Tree, Barn, Bank, and Rough-winged Swallows
Perryman area
Blue Grosbeaks have returned along with Chats and 1 Willow Flycatcher. I
didn't hear any Grasshopper Sparrows though.
Ran into one flock of migrants near the Club House Rd pond, Wilson's,
Canada, Chestnut-sided, Northern Waterthrush, 2 Redstarts, 6 Blackpolls.
Bosley Conservancy had singing Prothonotary, Northern Waterthrush, and Veery.
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD |