Howdy gang,
I had the great fortune of co-leading several trips over the weekend for the
MOS conference attendees. I kept group trip lists for each walk and wanted
to pass them along for the folks who were on the walks but didn't keep
notes. These are collective lists for the groups so not every person
saw/heard every bird. If I missed anything email me off-list so I can update
my own notes please. Several birds will also be noted with info that Atlas
blockers might find useful.
Thanks also to Mike Callahan for the Owl Prowl. We had an entertaining show
with the Screech and Barred owls who liked to respond to the OTHER species'
calls! And the Chuck-Wills-Widow was a nice driveby find as well.
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Trip #1 - 50 species
St. Mary's River State Park - Lake Walk
Saturday Morning 7am-11am
55 degrees going to 70 degrees
overcast going to mostly sun
We birded the parking lot, shoreline of the lake (which is very low with
exposed mudflats), through deciduous forests and mixed deciduous/pine areas
Chipping Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Double Crested Cormorant
Common Grackle
Red-Eyed Vireo
Blackpoll Warbler
Cowbird
Tufted Titmouse
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Spotted Sandpiper
American Goldfinch
Northern Rough Winged Swallow
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Red Shouldered Hawk
Eastern Kingbird
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Acadian Flycatcher
Wood Thrush
Ovenbird
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Chimney Swift
Great Blue Heron
Mourning Dove
Summer Tanager
(NOTE: male displaying to female, body leaned forward with tail pointed
straight upward)
Cedar Waxwing
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Canada Goose
Pine Warbler
Killdeer
Blue Grosbeak
Northern Parula
Eastern Wood Pewee
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (distant calling)
Red Headed Woodpecker
American Redstart
Turkey Vulture
Purple Martin
Belted Kingfisher
Carolina Chickadee
Least Sandpiper
White Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
Brown Thrasher
(NOTE: young heard in brush with adult close and calling)
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Trip #2 - 27 species
Myrtle Point Park
Saturday Afternoon 1:30pm-4pm
About 70 degrees
Mostly sun
We birded the parking lot, along the Wet Sox trail and along the trail that
hugs the river, cutting back over to the parking lots via a mowed pathway.
Prairie Warbler
Great Blue Heron
Wild Turkey
White Eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Chimney Swift
American Goldfinch
Osprey
Common Grackle
Carolina Wren
Spotted Sandpiper
Common Yellowthroat
Great Black Backed Gull
Eastern Towhee
Gray Catbird
House Wren
Ovenbird
Blue Jay
Common Loon
Red Eyed Vireo
Indigo Bunting
Yellow Breasted Chat
Northern Parula
American Crow
Fish Crow
Acadian Flycatcher
Turkey Vulture
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Trip #3 - 50 species
St. Mary's River State Park - Lake Walk
Sunday Morning 7am-11am
55 degrees going to 70 degrees
Mostly sun
We birded the parking lot, shoreline of the lake (which is very low with
exposed mudflats), through deciduous forests and mixed deciduous/pine areas
Red Eyed Vireo
Brown Headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
Indigo Bunting
Chimney Swift
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Parula
Red Bellied Woodpecker
(NOTE: Observed mating)
Carolina Chickadee
Northern Cardinal
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Killdeer
Osprey
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Kingbird
(NOTE: First group did not notice this but sunday morning group did :
Kingbird that was sitting on low treestump in water was actually on a nest
site, we could see nesting material on sunday and observed the pair
together. The nest appears to be in a depression on top of that short
treestump)
Spotted Sandpiper
Barn Swallow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Rough WInged Swallow
Purple Martin
Carolina Wren
Acadian Flycatcher
Redstart
Pine Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Flicker
(NOTE: heard calling, an indication of a second bird aka a mate)
Black and White Warbler
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Blue Jay
Northern Mockingbird
Canada Goose
Kentucky Warbler
Turkey Vulture
Blue Grosbeak (pair)
Great Crested Flycatcher
(NOTE: a pair was observed repeatedly flying to the shoreline to pick up
material and returning to the same location in the treeline)
Red Shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
Summer Tanager
Magnolia Warbler
Sora Rail (in the edge of the woods!)
Red Tailed Hawk
Lousiana Waterthrush
Plieated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Wood Thrush
Belted Kingfisher
Chipping Sparrow
Thanks to everyone on each of my walks for making this such an interesting
and successful bird weekend!! Hope to see you all again sometime soon.
Good Birding!
Chris Ordiway
Accokeek, MD. |