A two hour stroll through Flag Ponds park proved to be quite birdy this 
morning and there were some newly-arrived migrants as well as lingering 
winter residents. The 5 Yellow-throated Warblers were very vocal. There 
was a good selection of waterfowl on the ponds. I didn't get to the 
beach (far too many beach-goers to the park today). The spring ephemeral 
wildflowers are popping -- in bloom were Spring Beauty, Cut-leaf 
Toothwort, Early Saxifrage and Bloodroot. Spicebush was also in full bloom.

Birds:
Tundra Swan -- 1 imm.           
Wood Duck -- 3
Gadwall -- 14
Green-winged Teal -- 11
Ring-necked Duck -- 12
Lesser Scaup -- 13
Bufflehead -- 8
Bald Eagle -- two adults at nest, one immature fly by
Red-shouldered Hawk -- 1 being mobbed by Fish Crows
Belted Kingfisher -- 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker -- 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -- 1
Downy Woodpecker -- 2
Hairy Woodpecker -- 1
Northern Flicker -- 1
Pileated Woodpecker -- 1
Eastern Phoebe -- 3
Fish Crow -- 3
Eastern Bluebird -- 2
Hermit Thrush -- 1
American Robin -- 19
White-breasted Nuthatch -- 2 hauling bark bits into a nest cavity
Brown Creeper -- 1
Carolina Wren -- 5
Winter Wren -- 1 singing
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet -- 1
Carolina Chickadee -- 5
Tufted Titmouse -- 6
American Goldfinch -- many, heard everywhere
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 15
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER -- 5
Pine Warbler -- 4
Louisiana Waterthrush -- 1
Song Sparrow -- 2
Dark-eyed Junco -- 10
Northern Cardinal -- 3
Brown-headed Cowbird -- 1

Leps:
Question Mark -- 2
unidentified anglewings -- 2
Mourning Cloak -- 2
Spring Azure -- 2

-- 
Arlene Ripley
Calvert County, MD
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