Hello,
I hope that you are all doing well. I went out to the Patuxent North Tract today (8am-3pm) to see what I could find. It was a great day with a list of 58 species including 7 of which were "heard only" and 12 WARBLERS! (WEAR BUG SPRAY B/C I HAVE GOTTEN 1+ TICKS EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN TO THE PARK (3x)!) I birded Wild Turkey Way to Whip-poor-will Way to Pine Warbler Way and back by foot, and the Wildlife loop by car. Highlights include (the full list is at the end):
- Blue Grosbeak 2
- SUMMER TANAGER (a life bird, and GREAT looks at eye level!)
- Scarlet Tanager 3
- Black Vulture 2
- Chat, Yellow-breasted 1 (under the power lines)
- Ovenbird 6
- Parula, Northern 3
- Redstart, American 1
- Warbler, Black-and-white 3
- Warbler, Hooded 5
- WARBLER, KENTUCKY 1 (I heard it here last week but finally saw it this week along Whip-poor-will Way. Only the 2nd one I have ever seen.)
- Warbler, Pine 1
- Warbler, Prairie 4
- Warbler, Worm-eating 3 (including a juvenile)
- Yellowthroat, Common 4
**** WARBLER, MAGNOLIA **** 1 (heard only. Same spot as last week: on Wild Turkey Way 100 feet just before the junction with Kingisher Road when walking from the Contact Station. It sang very clearly and continuously but a 2hr search turned up no sighting. I did hear Hooded Warblers singing, though, so I had a comparison between the two. The Magnolia sounded like: "wee, to-wee, to-wee-ee-oo" (as opposed to the the slower, lower Hooded's "wee-to wee-to wee-ee-oo"). I heard it last week but did not put a name on the bird until I listened to the tapes after I got home. It was still there today. I know that it is not common here so please keep a look out for it and let me know if you see/hear it.)
I would like to go back next weekend but would like company. Would anyone like to join me for an 8am adventure either Saturday/Sunday. Please e-mail me off the list at
Please keep an eye out for the Magnolia Warbler. I tried to find it today, but could not.
(Also, at Foggy Bottom, Rock Creek SP, I saw a Black-crowned Night Heron on Friday)
Thanks. Bye.
Jeff Turner
College Park, MD
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Total List: (58 including 7 heard only)
Blackbird, Red-winged 16
Bluebird, Eastern 12
Bunting, Indigo 10
Cardinal, Northern 4
Chickadee, Carolina 8
Cowbird, Brown-headed 2
Crow, American 4
Dove, Mourning 2
Duck, Wood 2
Flycatcher, Acadian 2
Flycatcher, Great-crested 1
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray 10
Goldfinch, American 12
Goose, Canada 18
Grosbeak, Blue 2
Hawk, Red-tailed 1
Jay, Blue 2
Killdeer 1
Kingbird, Eastern 3
Kingfisher, Belted 1
Mockingbird, Northern 4
Pewee, Eastern Wood- 2
Phoebe, Eastern 1
Robin, American 20
Sparrow, Chipping 12
Sparrow, House 3
Sparrow, Song 2
Swallow, Barn 12
Swallow, Tree 2
Tanager, Scarlet 3
Tanager, Summer 1 male 15 feet away, eye level.
Towhee, Eastern 3
Vireo, Red-eyed 5
Vireo, White-eyed 3
Vulture, Black 2
Vulture, Turkey 11
Waxwing, Cedar 3
Woodpecker, Downy 2
Woodpecker, Red-bellied 3
Wren, Carolina 2
Chat, Yellow-breasted 1
Ovenbird 6
Parula, Northern 3
Redstart, American 1
Warbler, Black-and-white 3
Warbler, Hooded 5
Warbler, Kentucky 1
Warbler, Pine 1
Warbler, Prairie 4
Warbler, Worm-eating 3
Yellowthroat, Common 4
Warbler, Magnolia 1 (heard only.)
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed 3 (heard only)
Nuthatch, White-breasted 2 (heard only)
Sparrow, Field 2 (heard only)
Thrush, Wood 2 (heard only)
Titmouse, Tufted 2 (heard only)
Woodpecker, Pileated 1 (heard only) |