Hi Everyone,
Matt Tillett and I birded a loop through Prince George's and Calvert
Counties yesterday (4/8), enjoying the interesting mix of birds and trying
to stay out of the cold wind. As Hans posted yesterday, we did roll the
dice on a couple hours at Dave's house for the Painted Bunting, but no
luck. Here are some highlights from the rest of the trip:
Schoolhouse Pond, PG County
Trumpeter Swan--#962
Wood Duck--pair
American Coot--2
GREEN HERON--1
Osprey--2
CASPIAN TERN--1
Eastern Phoebe--1
Winter Wren--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--1
GRAY CATBIRD--1
Swamp Sparrow--1
Myrtle Warbler--1 in breeding plumage
Pond behind Home Depot just south of Schoolhouse Pond, PG County
Mute Swan--1
Wood Duck--pair
Osprey--2
Tree Swallow--80+
Barn Swallow--5
Winter Wren--1
Myrtle Warbler--1
Jug Bay, especially on the "Critical Driving Tour", (PG/AA)
Wood Duck--1 flock of 63 on a muddy island (most on the PG side)
Green-winged Teal--1 drake (PG)
Pied-billed Grebe--1 (PG)
Osprey--using every available nesting platform, including the one on the
silo at Merkle (PG/AA)
Bald Eagle--3 (AA)
Northern Harrier--1 (PG)
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1 (PG)
American Coot--2 (PG)
Greater Yellowlegs--8 (PG/AA)
Lesser Yellowlegs--2 (PG)
Laughing Gull--10 (PG/AA)
Bonaparte's Gull--8 (AA/PG)
Ring-billed Gull--50 (PG/AA)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL--1 adult seen well from Jackson's Landing (AA/PG)
CASPIAN TERN--8 (3 in PG/5 in AA)
Forster's Tern--5 (AA)
Barred Owl--1 getting mobbed by chickadees on the side of the road (PG)
Tree Swallow--50
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2 (PG)
Rte. 231 bridge over the Patuxent, Charles/Calvert Counties
CASPIAN TERN--2 (CH/CV)
Myrtle Warbler--1 (CV)
King's Landing Park, Calvert Co.
Golden-crowned Kinglet--1
Yellow Palm Warbler--1
Chipping Sparrow--20
Dark-eyed Junco--5
End of Smoky Road, Calvert Co.
Brown Thrasher--1
White-throated Sparrow--100+
Didn't luck into Stan's Vesper Sparrow
North Beach Waterfront, Calvert Co.
American Wigeon--2
Greater Scaup--3
Surf Scoter--20
Bufflehead--30
Red-breasted Merganser--2 hens
Common Loon--1
Pied-billed Grebe--1
Horned Grebe--8
NORTHERN GANNET--10 very distant to the southeast; I described the
location to Jim Stasz, who said they must have been in Talbot Co.
American Coot--2
North Beach Marsh, Calvert Co.
Green-winged Teal--22
Blue-winged Teal--1
Killdeer--2
Wilson's Snipe--32
Purple Martin--10
Have a great week,
Bill
Bill Hubick
St. Denis, Baltimore Co., Maryland
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