I went to Somerset County yesterday hoping to find a few warblers and had
some modest success. One of my first stops was on Sea Tick Rd in the
northeastern part of the county. In one small foraging flock I found:
Magnolia--1
Black-throated Blue--1
Blackburnian--1
Black-and-white--2
American Redstart--2
Ovenbird--1
along with several singing Pine Warblers.
Wellington WMA was my other productive stop in the morning, where I saw:
Black-and-white--1
American Redstart--2
Worm-eating Warbler--1
Northern Waterthrush--1
Hooded Warbler--1
Baltimore Oriole--1
After that, I switched gears and started looking for shorebirds with
little luck. The Messick Rd pond near Deal Island had 2 Spotted
Sandpipers and 1 Greater Yellowlegs. Riley Roberts Rd was closed. The
access road off Deal Island Rd had high water levels (even though the tide
schedule said it was an hour after low tide) and no shorebirds.
John Hubbell
Washington DC |