Dear Ospreyers,

On Saturday 31 March the Audubon monthly birdwalk at Patterson Park, Baltimore turned up a small selection of migrants with one unexpectedly early species, a Caspian Tern, flying around the pond in the company of several Ring-billed Gulls. A look at the Yellow Book shows this may equal the earliest state record.  The tern is still there this morning (2 April) as was a females Merlin at the pond (not seen on Saturday).  The list of more interesting species from saturday is below:

Patterson Park: 31 March; 8:00-9:30am
American Kestrel	1	
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	3	
Northern Flicker	5	
Downy Woodpecker	1	
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	
Golden-crowned Kinglet	3	
Brown Creeper	1	
Song Sparrow	5	
Chipping Sparrow	5	
Tree Swallow	5	
Dark-eyed Junco	5	
Eastern Phoebe	3	
Lesser Scaup	2	
American Coot	1	
Caspian Tern	1	

Good birding,

Dave

David Curson, PhD
Director of Bird Conservation,
Audubon MD-DC,
2437 Eastern Avenue,
Baltimore  MD  21224
Tel: (410) 558 2473
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