The Howard County Bird Club had a walk to Centennial Park on Sunday.   We had 
a total of 50 species for the day.  Species of note include:
 
Black-throated Green warbler
Gray Catbird
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rusty Blackbird (3 separate sightings)
Fox Sparrow
Pied-bielled Grebe
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Northern Pintail
 
 
    The warbler is a late record for Howard County, the  previous late record 
being October 28th (info from Jo Solem).  It was  either acting curiously or 
with a behavior that I hadn't seen before.   After watching it feed for a few 
minutes, it went to a limb a just sat for at  least 10 minutes (we had to 
continue the walk) allowing us to photograph  it.  It was an immature and was all 
fluffed up.  My question is, is  this a migrant in trouble or did it just fly 
all night, get a bite to eat in the  morning and then sack out for the day?  
It wasn't in the same spot when we  got around the lake a couple of hours 
later.  I checked the field guide to  be sure it wasn't an immature western warbler 
like a Townsend's for instance and  am satisfied that it wasn't.
 
 
Kevin Heffernan
Ellicott City