I went out to search for the Summer Tanager that Fred Pierce reported at
Goddard on 7/12. I was about to give up when a female SUTA flew by.
Then as I was starting back to my car, I heard the male singing, but was
unable to see him. My first encounter with this species at Goddard.
Sighting/hearing list below.
Bob Hartman
Silver Spring/Colesville
Canada Goose 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 6
Gray Catbird 14
Northern Mockingbird 6
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 20
Carolina Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 5
European Starling 2
Summer Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 6
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 6 |