Hi all 19 birders members and guests braved the wilds of
Tilgman Island in Talbot County for the sunday morning walk on sept 2 ,
07 . Led by Jan Reese We ended the morning with 56 species by my count .
we found 6 species of Warblers, No swallows it seems all went through
last week . It was the best outting so far this fall for the club
Highlights
Brown Pelican 15 rough estimate several groups of them few down the
bay
Great Blue Heron many one with a big fish
Green Heron 1
Osprey still lots around
Bald Eagle
Merlin 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1 on the riprap at black walnut point
Common Tern several
Forster's Tern several
Chimney Swift 2
Flicker
Pileated woodpecker 1 on the mainland near Tilghman
Empid Flycatcher several one of which looked like a yellow Bellied
Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red Eyed vireo at least 5
BlueJay 2
Crows both species
Red Breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Headed Nuthatch several
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher several
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 8 Jan Reese commented on the hundreds they caught in
the nets while banding
there one day many years ago in the 1960s I
think
Chestnut - sided Warbler 2
Yellow - Throated Warbler 1
Pine warbler 1
Black and White Warbler 3
American Redstart 1 adult male 3 immature or female type
Canada Warbler 1
Blue Grosbeak 2
Baltimore Oriole several seen by part ot the group
Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md
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