Hi Folks!
 
On Friday, 9/15/2006, Matt Hafner and I visited the Pt.Lookout area.  A few stops before dawn showed no significant night migration and we were wondering if there would be any migrants at the Point.  There may not have been a vocal migration, but certainly some birds had moved.  The grove at the Point has obvious migrants: 2 Western Palm Warbers, a Prairie and a Redstart. Matt spotted a small bird coming in off of the Bay: a female WILSON's Warbler.  Among the gulls was one first year Lesser Black-backed.  More than 80 Common Terns flew over the Point from the Potomac to the Bay.  A flock of about 20 Cattle Egrests flew north over the Bay.
 
Highlights in the park area included:
 
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Purple Martin 8 [getting late]
Veery 3
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Myrtle Warbler!  1  [in heavy molt]
Pine Warbler 16
Western Palm Warbler 6
Black-and-white Warbler 8
American Redstart 10
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 12
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
 
Cornfield Harbor Road had:
Pine Warbler 8
Prairie Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Blackand-white Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
 
Rodo Beach Road had:
Tennessee Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
American Redstart 3
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
 
and a Ride down Long Neck Road:
 
DICKCISSEL 1
Western Palm Warbler 14 [associated with Eastern Bluebirds and Chipping Sparrows]
Green-winged Teal 5
Snowy Egret 1
Cattle Egret 20 [probably the same 20, but this time with cattle]
Pine Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
 
a foray into the Cobb Island area of Charles was disappointingly slow, but at a quick stop at Indian Creek WMA, Charles County the hedgewrow near the parking area had another female WILSON'S WARBLER.
 
Good Birding!
 
Jim
 
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD

 
 
 
 
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