I don't mean to cast a shadow on Frode's fine morning of birding, but is
birding really "great" when (excluding the 100+ Yellow-rumped Warblers) 13
species of warblers are observed but only 26 individuals counted?  That
averages to 2 individuals per species.  

I have only birded for the past 4 or 5 years, so I don't know if this
average is consistent with numbers from 10, 20 or 30 years ago.  It would be
interesting to know if overall individual numbers on a typical spring
migration day have gone down or remained the same.

Tom Marko
Olney, MD
Montgomery Bird Club


-----Original Message-----
From: Frode Jacobsen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:08 AM
To: 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] CERA 14 warbler species + VEERY

Birding was again great at CERA this morning. The woods were filled with
warblers (14 species) and many were FY. I avoided the marshy pond where I
had the bitterns yesterday to prevent disturbing them if they are still
around. Today's catch was as follows:

Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 imm.
SOLITARY SANDPIPER 3
Warbling Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 10+
Blue-headed Vireo 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
VEERY 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Pipit 3
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 100+
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 1
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER 1
Ovenbird 2
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH 1
HOODED WARBLER 1 female
Common Yellowthroat 5
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 6
Savannah Sparrow 15+
Bobolink 5 males
Baltimore Oriole 2

Map of CERA is available at:
http://www.umbc.edu/cera/

Good Birding,

Frode Jacobsen
Baltimore, MD