I spent a great day in Washington Co. on Saturday (9/8) w
Hi Everyone,

I spent a great day in Washington Co. on Saturday (9/8) with Hans Holbrook, Frode Jacobsen, and Matt Tillett. Highlights were 16 species of warbler, 4 species of shorebird (about as good as it gets in Washington), Red-headed Woodpecker, and Red-breasted Nuthatch. Here are some additional details:

Indian Springs WMA 
(Several sites near Blairs Valley Rd. over ~6 hours)

Wild Turkey--1
Green Heron--1
Cooper's Hawk--1
Eastern Screech-Owl--1
Chimney Swift--120
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--13
Red-headed Woodpecker--1
Eastern Wood-Pewee--9
Eastern Phoebe--5
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
Eastern Kingbird--1
White-eyed Vireo--5
Yellow-throated Vireo--2
Warbling Vireo--2
Red-eyed Vireo--17
Common Raven--6
Tree Swallow--1
Cliff Swallow--20
Barn Swallow--15
Red-breasted Nuthatch--2
House Wren--7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--8
Eastern Bluebird--9
Wood Thrush--2
American Robin--9
Gray Catbird--18
Brown Thrasher--10
Cedar Waxwing--15
Blue-winged Warbler--1
Yellow Warbler--1
Chestnut-sided Warbler--6
Magnolia Warbler--8
Cape May Warbler--3
Black-throated Blue Warbler--2
Black-throated Green Warbler--2
Blackburnian Warbler--1
Pine Warbler--1
Prairie Warbler--2
Blackpoll Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--4
American Redstart--14
Worm-eating Warbler--4
Common Yellowthroat--20
Canada Warbler--2
Scarlet Tanager--9
Eastern Towhee--6
Chipping Sparrow--11
Field Sparrow--12
Savannah Sparrow--1
Song Sparrow--1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak--4
Blue Grosbeak--1
Indigo Bunting--28
Baltimore Oriole--1
Non-avian: Eastern Tailed Blue, Monarch, Tiger Swallowtail, Orange Sulfur, Clouded Sulfur, Peck's Skipper, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Great Spangled Fritillary, Silver-spotted Skipper, Black Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Pearl Crescent; Common Whitetail, Widow Skimmer, Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Common Green Darner, Halloween Pennant, American Rubyspot (unexpected location), Familiar Bluet, Eastern Forktail. 

Fort Frederick SP---Big Pool 

Wood Duck--4
Double-crested Cormorant--1
Great Blue Heron--3
Green Heron--3
Osprey--1
Broad-winged Hawk--1-2
Killdeer--8
Solitary Sandpiper--6
Least Sandpiper--7
Barred Owl--1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--1
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Eastern Phoebe--2
Yellow-throated Vireo--1
Red-eyed Vireo--1
Common Raven--4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow--4
House Wren--1
Eastern Bluebird--2
Gray Catbird--1
Brown Thrasher--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
American Redstart--1
Ovenbird--1
Scarlet Tanager--1
Eastern Towhee--1
Chipping Sparrow--4
Indigo Bunting--1
Non-avian: Gray Treefrogs heard, Green Frog, American Rubyspot (still abundant), Black-shouldered Spinyleg, Dragonhunter, Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Hagerstown Airport
(Checking for grasspipers--no luck here!)

Red-tailed Hawk--1
Killdeer--7
Horned Lark--14
Savannah Sparrow--1

Beaver Creek (Black Rock Rd.)
(Water level very shallow. A dozen or so large carp feeding with much of their bodies out of the water.)

Great Blue Heron--1
Killdeer--5
Solitary Sandpipee--5
Least Sandpiper--2
Gray Catbird--1
Cedar Waxwing--1

Mt Aetna

Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
Killdeer--4
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Common Nighthawk--1
Chimney Swift--12
Red-eyed Vireo--1
Gray Catbird--2
Brown Thrasher--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
American Redstart--1
Eastern Towhee--1

Good birding,

Bill
 
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com