Hoping for migrants I visited the McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park this morning. There were a few. This is a list of non-residents I found:
Pewee 8, one seen & others heard singing or calling
Acadian Flycatcher 1, seen calling
Unidentified Empidonax 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 7, one seen & others heard singing
Red-eyed Vireo 6, one seen & others heard singing or calling
Wood Thrush 2
Robin 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 male
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Black-&-white Warbler 3
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
This afternoon I went out to Liberty Lake to look for shorebirds. The lake has gone down a little since Sunday when I was there last and the the mudflats are more extensive. Birds seen:
Canada Goose 18
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Semipalmated Plover 1, Carroll Co. only
Killdeer 32
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 11
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1, Carroll Co. only
Least Sandpiper 90
Pectoral Sandpiper 10
Stilt Sandpiper 1, Baltimore Co. only
Nearby in the watershed I also found:
Pewee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Gnatcatcher 1, heard only
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Myrtle Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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