The rain & cooler temperatures brought out more species than I've recorded
in number of weeks.
Highlights included a LOUSIANA WATERTHRUSH hopping about on my deck &
calling RED-EYED VIREO, OVENBIRD, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Also saw extremely
cute fledgling BG Gnatcatchers & Field Sparrow.
Felicia Lovelett
Sykesville (HOCO), MD
Full report follows:
Observation date: 8/20/07
Time: 7:20-9:50 AM
Location: Swallows Nest/PVSP scrubland Sykesville
Notes: Back scrub (cross mow/brush trails)+yard+drive/arena+ early AM
feeder
Codes: s(saw) h(heard) @feed (feeder area)
/m male /f female /a adult /i immature
Distance: 1.5 miles
Weather: Overcast 60-62F
Number of species: 41 (+2 unknown)
2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2h
30 Mourning Dove 30s
4 Chimney Swift 4s
9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9s =8@feed
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 =3s3h
4 Downy Woodpecker 4s =4@feed
3 Northern Flicker 3 =2s1h
1 Pileated Woodpecker 1h
5 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 =1s4h
1 Eastern Phoebe 1h (early AM)
3 Eastern Kingbird 3 =1s2h
1 flycatcher sp. 1s (probable EWWP)
3 Red-eyed Vireo 3h
7 Blue Jay 7 =1s6h
9 American Crow 9h
12 Barn Swallow 12s barn & arena
9 Carolina Chickadee 9 =4s5h
3 Tufted Titmouse 3 =1s2h
5 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 =1s4h
3 Carolina Wren 3 =1s2h
15 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15 =8s7h foraging wooded hedgerow incl 2
begging fledglings
5 Eastern Bluebird 5s =4@feed (1m/1f/2i)
10 American Robin 10s foraging in field
28 Gray Catbird 28 =6s22h
6 Northern Mockingbird 6s
1 Brown Thrasher 1s
75 European Starling ~75s large flock drive by sycamore
3 Cedar Waxwing 3s
2 Ovenbird 2h (1 early AM)
1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1s On deck foraging!
4 Common Yellowthroat 4s
2 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 =1s1h s/rear scrub in black cherry /h
near yard
1 warbler sp. 1s 1 w/yellow seen w/BGGN
1 Scarlet Tanager 1h
11 Eastern Towhee 11 =3s8h 1 imm/E
2 Chipping Sparrow 2s =2@feed
4 Field Sparrow 4 =1s3h incl very cute new fledgling w/almost no
tail & wide yellow bill
19 Northern Cardinal 19 =8s11h
1 Indigo Bunting 1h
5 Baltimore Oriole 5 =3s2h
2 House Finch 22s 2 flocks
7 American Goldfinch 7 =2s5h
50 House Sparrow ~50 huge flock by arena & barn |