A beautiful morning at LB. No obvious migrants, and not a lot of birds,
but identified 22 species. With the exception of cardinals, the most
numerous species was Y-b Cuckoo (about half a dozen). I've had that
experience during August in previous years. Are they just more vocal in
August, or does that indicate that there is a wave of migrant cuckoos
moving thru?
There were 3 Wood Thrushes singing, but they weren't singing complete
phrases, and a couple of the voices sounded pretty thin. I suspect they
were young birds practicing.
One ID I'm not sure of: A couple of heard-only birds with similar calls.
They were in an area where Warbling Vireos have nested in the past.
The calls were 2 melodic notes, the second higher in pitch, sounding to
me like "p-deep". Is that compatible with a WAVI call?
Another call that I didn't recognize was a fast burst of 4-5 clicks,
repeated many times. Can anybody tell me what that might have been?
Bob Hartman
Colesville, MD
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
Wood Thrush
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo(???)
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch |