Yesterday I started the morning at Terrapin Nature Park. Most of the migrant passerines I saw were near the parking lot. Here is a partial list of birds seen:
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 6
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 2
Forster's Tern 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 heard
Eastern Kingbird 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Gnatcatcher 4
Robin 50
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Black-&-white Warbler 1
Redsatart 6
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Yellowthroat 6
Scarlet Tanager 3
Blue Grosbeak 3
Baltimore Oriole 3
At Central Sod Farms I joined Wayne Bell and others. Besides the Killdeer and Horned Larks we saw 2 Solitary Sandpipers, at least 7 Least Sandpipers, and 3 distant birds that could have bee Buff-breasts but never came close enough to identify. Bobolinks were going into the sunflower patch. For a second stop on the way home the Solitaries and Leasts were still present.
I also visited the Ridgely WWTP. The water level is high but a number of birds were present:
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 38
Shoveler 1
Green-winged Teal 3
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Least Sandpiper 5
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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