With the nice weather and the impressive movement of thrushes lately, it seemed like a good morning to visit the local migrant trap. In about an hour before work I found 10 warbler species, nothing rare but a silent TENNESSEE was a nice surprise. The real show was the thrushes. WOOD THRUSH and VEERY seemed to be everywhere. I also heard a singing SWAINSON'S and saw a pretty definitive GRAY-CHEEKED foraging at the edge of the path. There was another Gray-cheeked type that could have been something more interesting. The view was not close enough or long enough to really scrutinize it, but the tail and primaries were clearly warmer in tone than the rest of the bird. It wasn't a Veery (heavy breast spotting) or a Swainson's (gray face with minimal eye markings). I can't call it a Bicknell's but maybe some of our Milford Mill regulars can check it out. Going clockwise from the parking lot it was on the streamside trail, close to the path, in the swampy woods on the right between the first (paved) and second (unpaved) stream overlooks.

Some of the highlights:

Veery - 10+
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1, the 3rd one I've seen this spring
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Wood Thrush - 10+
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula - 2
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue - 3
Blackpoll - 6
Redstart - 2
Ovenbird
L Waterthrush
Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager - 2
Baltimore Oriole

Joel Martin
Catonsville, MD

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