Birded on Assateague Island today.  Nice NW winds, dawn flight at Bayside
largely limited to American Robins with a few blackbirds, with some (but not
a huge) flight of Myrtles.  Highlight here Blue-headed Vireo (2, photos),
Rusty Blackbird (2), and Pine Siskin (1, usually get here annually with
enough coverage, even in non-flight years).

 

Inland, big enjoyment was the number of Hermit Thrushes (total for day 145),
mostly feeding on every piece of grass at Bayside/Inland, Oceanside
Campground and along Bayberry Drive.  Not a Worcester high count (but would
have been with enough field work), 181 banded at Ocean City, 10/22/1967.

 

Also two Orange-crowned Warblers, one at Bayside/Inland and one at Oceanside
Campground.  Great sparrow numbers, but limited diversity.

 

Orange-crowned Warbler pics at http://www.pbase.com/wcbirding/image/69658589

Blue-headed Vireo pics at http://www.pbase.com/wcbirding/image/69659051

 

Selected species

 

Assateague Island/Bayside/Point

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 2

Eastern Phoebe - 2

Blue-headed Vireo - 2

Hermit Thrush - 25

American Robin - 500

Gray Catbird - 2

Brown Thrasher - 1

Cedar Waxwing - 2

Myrtle Warbler - 300

Palm Warbler (w) - 1

Red-winged Blackbird - 40

Rusty Blackbird - 2

Pine Siskin - 1

 

Assateague Island/Bayside/Inland

Eastern Phoebe - 4

Eastern Bluebird - 1

Hermit Thrush - 75

American Robin - 80

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

Myrtle Warbler - 300

Purple Finch - 1

 

Assateague Island/Oceanside Campground

Eastern Phoebe - 1

Hermit Thrush - 35

American Robin - 10

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

Myrtle Warbler - 200

Chipping Sparrow - 25

Field Sparrow - 1

Savannah Sparrow - 25

Swamp Sparrow - 1

White-throated Sparrow - 250

Dark-eyed Junco - 150

 

Assateague Island/Bayberry Drive

Hermit Thrush - 10

White-throated Sparrow - 200

Dark-eyed Junco - 50

 

Checked Rum Point, no swallows or martins ...

 

Mark L Hoffman

Sykesville, MD