With the predictions of another windy day, I decided to start with a
place that is fairly well sheltered, Peters Road. There were lots of
birds there (mostly Y-r Warblers), but I saw almost nothing in more open
area like Lilypons, Oland Rd, and Cap Stine Rd.
Best birds were a Hermit Thrush and a Winter Wren on Peters Rd and a
little flock of Horned Larks fighting the wind at Oland Rd and Md 85.
Bob Hartman
Colesville, MD
Thurston Rd (before wind came up)
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American Crow 10
Northern Cardinal 5
European Starling 5
Carolina Wren 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Song Sparrow 1
Peters Rd (windy but sheltered)
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Eastern Bluebird 10
Blue Jay 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
White-throated Sparrow 8
American Crow 5
Turkey Vulture 3
Carolina Wren 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Fish Crow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Mourning Dove 1
Tufted Titmouse 3
Northern Flicker 1
Hermit Thrush 1
House Finch 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Winter Wren 1
Lilypons (very windy)
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American Goldfinch 2
NO geese!
NO Great Blue Herons
MD 85 at Oland Rd (very windy)
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Horned Lark 6
These guys were really hunkered down. Three
tried to fly, but they got blown away.
Cap Stine Rd (very windy)
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Song Sparrow 1
Mt. Ephraim Rd (early afternoon)
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Only one bird seen, sparrow-sized, not identified.
I've had this experience more often than not there. |