Hi Folks!

I arrived in the Clear Springs area of Washington County about 2:30 AM and hoped for a night flight.  The total until dawn was 1 Veery and 1 Swainson's Thrush.  At dawn there was a flurry of calling:  Swainsons' Thrush 40, Wood Thrush 12, Veery 12, Gray-cheeked Thrush 3, and a few Scarlet Tanagers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
 
A few hours walking the area by Blair's Valley Lake yielded:
 
American Woodock 1
Eastern Screech Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 4
White-eyed Vireo 6
House Wren 8
Gray Catbird 12
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
American Redstart 4
CONNECTICUT WARBLER 1 imm.
Common Yellowthroat 14
Canada Warbler 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 14
Bobolink 8
 
a few stops heading west along Catholic Church Road had:
 
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warber 1
Cape May Warbler 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Phoebe 5 and a migrating Osprey
 
the overgrown fields/hedgerows near the Indian Springs Fishing Pond on Mooresville Road were good:
 
Northern Waterthrush
1 American Redstart 1
CONNECTICUT WARBLER 1 imm.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Swainson's Thrush 2
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 20
Cedar Waxwing 20
Brown Thrasher 2
Gray Catbird 8
Baltimore Oriole 1
 
the rest of the day I birded the area from Hancock to Sidling hill, but it was extremely slow, the only obvious migrant was a single American Redstart.
 
Good Birding!
 
Jim
 
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD

 
 
 
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