This morning I took a quick run over to Cecil County (county list finally
over 200!). I first took a leisurely walk down Turkey Point and had the
following migrants:
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
Warbling Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 8 (probably not all migrants)
Nashville Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
Northern Parula - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Orchard Oriole - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
At the Williams Road pond the Baird's put on a great show feeding on the
closest mudflat. I even got a few nice digiscoped pics. I could not find any
Pectorals, Stilt Sands, or Westerns, but the Snowy Egret was a county bird.
Only 1 ibis was present.
I also walked the wildflower trail at Conowingo for about a half mile to
look for the White Pelican. No pelican, but I did have 2 Northern Waterthrushes
and a Blackburnian on the trail.
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD |