A small group of birders from Patuxent MOS, PG Audubon, and Southern MD
Audubon Society birded several locations along the Patuxent River. We
stopped at Mount Calvert, Merkle, and Milltown Landing. Highlights from
each stop included:
Mt. Calvert: Bald Eagle (3rd year), Northern Harrier (female), Accipiter
sp. (large), Wilson's Snipe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Palm Warlber, Yellow-
rumped Warblers, Swamp Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows, Wood Ducks, Blue-
winged Teal, Great Egret, and many Forster's Terns.
Merkle: 31 Green-winged Teal, more Wilson's Snipe, Greater Yellowlegs, and
an American Kestrel
Milltown Landing: Eastern Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow,
White-crowned Sparrow, Slate-colored Juncos, Savannah Sparrows, and Field
Sparrow. Also several Eastern Bluebirds and an adult Bald Eagle. We also
saw a probable Lincoln's Sparrow. We only saw this bird from behind and
the side, but it was a very dark sparrow, with a gray face, and a bright,
buffy sub-moustachial stripe, perhaps the most noticable field mark. It
also was buffy, with fine streaks on the side, but we never saw the breast.
We saw good numbers of White-crowned Sparrows at both Mount Calvert and
Milltown Landing, and got good looks at both adults and immatures.
Fred Shaffer
Patuxent MOS
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