Hi Everyone,

Matt Hafner and I decided to spend Friday (9/14) looking for migrants in Calvert and Prince George's Counties. The day started a little slow with no nocturnal flight activity and the absence of the American Avocet at North Beach marsh. Things picked up from there, and we had a very enjoyable and productive day. The following are quite a few highlights. I'll post some photos over the next couple days.

Chesapeake Beach Marsh, Calvert Co. (before dawn)

Black-crowned Night-Heron--1
Marsh Wren--1
Common Yellowthroat--1

North Beach, Calvert Co. (dawn)
With Matt Hafner, Jim Stasz, and a gentlemen whose name I didn't catch. 

No American Avocet
NORTHERN PINTAIL--1
BLACK SCOTER--1, at first sitting on the beach
Snowy Egret--15
Semipalmated Plover--3
Lesser Yellowlegs--4
Semipalmated Sandpiper--8
Western Sandpiper--3
Least Sandpiper--16
Royal Tern--6
Yellow Warbler--1

Smoky Road, Calvert Co.

Northern Harrier--1
MERLIN--1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--3
Eastern Wood-Pewee--12
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER--1
Acadian Flycatcher--2
Empid. sp--1
TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER--1
Eastern Phoebe--1
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
White-eyed Vireo--4
Yellow-throated Vireo--1
Red-eyed Vireo--7
Purple Martin--1
Red-breasted Nuthatch--8
Gray Catbird--2
Northern Parula--2
Yellow Warbler--1
Chestnut-sided Warbler--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
Black-throated Blue Warbler--1
Western Palm Warbler--1    
Black-and-white Warbler--4
American Redstart--8
Ovenbird--1
Northern Waterthrush--1
Common Yellowthroat--5
Summer Tanager--1
Scarlet Tanager--2
Eastern Towhee--9
Chipping Sparrow--25
Indigo Bunting--8
Bobolink--21
Non-avian: Cloudless Sulfur, Monarch, Tiger Swallowtail, Eastern Tailed Blue, Pearl Crescent, Checkered Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Common Whitetail. 

Leitches Wharf Road, Calvert Co.
(A quick check for grasspipers)

American Kestrel--2
Common Yellowthroat--1

Patuxent River--Aquasco Farm, P.G. Co.

American Kestrel--2
Acadian Flycatcher--1
White-eyed Vireo--1
Red-eyed Vireo--2
Red-breasted Nuthatch--1
House Wren--1
Gray Catbird--1
Northern Parula--4
Chestnut-sided Warbler--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--1
American Redstart--4
Common Yellowthroat--1
Hooded Warbler--1
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT--1 (not a bird I see often in September!)

Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary, P.G. Co.

Blue-winged Teal--44 (one flock of 9, one flock of 35 over Jug Bay; AA and PG counties)
Forster's Tern--2
Eastern Wood-Pewee--3
LEAST FLYCATCHER--2
Eastern Phoebe--3
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
White-eyed Vireo--3
Yellow-throated Vireo--1
Red-eyed Vireo--6
VEERY--1
TENNESSEE WARBLER--1
Northern Parula--3
Magnolia Warbler--1
Palm Warbler sp.--1   
Black-and-white Warbler--5
American Redstart--3
Common Yellowthroat--2
Hooded Warbler--2    
Scarlet Tanager--2
Eastern Towhee--2
Chipping Sparrow--10
Indigo Bunting--3
Bobolink--1

Mt. Calvert, P.G. Co.

Wood Duck--1
Great Egret--1
Northern Harrier--1
Cooper's Hawk--1
SORA--2 (heard from the marsh across from the small dock)

Schoolhouse Pond, P.G. Co.
(Met up with Jeff Shenot for last two stops)

Great Egret--1
Green Heron--1
Black-crowned Night-Heron--1
Eastern Phoebe--1

Brown Station Rd. Pond, P.G. Co.

Greater Yellowlegs--1
Lesser Yellowlegs--2
Solitary Sandpiper--3
Spotted Sandpiper--1 (Matt's pathetic #200 in P.G.)
Least Sandpiper--8

Have a great weekend!

Bill

Bill Hubick 
Pasadena, Maryland 
 
http://www.billhubick.com