I spent the last 3 days birding around different areas of Maryland (not something I get to do much anymore).? I listed the highlights for 10/2/07 below, full lists will be entered into Ebird.
10/2/07
Triadelphia:
American Golden-Plover - seen from Brighton Dam and from Greenbridge, a juvenile
Osprey
Herring Gull - 1st cycle flying over Brighton Dam
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Parula - 3
Tennessee Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler - 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Pine Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Indigo Bunting
Blue Mash:
Green-winged Teal - 15
Blue-winged Teal
Osprey - 2
American Kestrel - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper - 6
Pectoral Sandpiper
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Blue-headed Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern Parula - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler
Common Yellowthroat - 6
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 5
Western Howard County, intersection of Penn Shop Rd and Rt. 27
Common Raven - 2 one sitting on a tower very similar to where a pair nested about 4 miles to the west, the other bird was flying around and eventually drifted south.? This area should definitely be checked for signs of nesting in teh spring.? This location is about 100 yards from Montgomery County and Frederick County and about a 1/4 mile from Carroll County for the county listers out there.?
Glen Falls Railroad crossing w/ Dave Harvey
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
White-eyed Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - seen by Dave before I arrived
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler
Piney Run
Green-winged Teal - 6
Northern Shoveler - 3
American Wigeon - 2
Killdeer - 10
Least Sandpiper - 2
Great Egret - 2
Great Blue Heron - 6
Blue-headed Vireo
Magnolia Warbler
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Matt Hafner
Blacksburg, VA
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