Observation date: 4/13/08
My friend Chris Murray and I set the alarm clock for some morning
birding around the region. The birds that put on the best show, or
were the most interesting get capital letters. We started out at
Waterworks Park, MD in Annapolis where we saw...
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 4
GREEN HERON 1
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Herring Gull 2
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 7
Northern Mockingbird 2
warbler sp. 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 28
American Goldfinch 4
While traveling West on 450 out of Annapolis, we stopped at the head
of the South River in Anne Arundel County. I would NOT recommend
doing this as the traffic can be a bit nuts. But at this early hour
on a Sunday, it wasn't so bad. We saw...
Wood Duck 3
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
BARN SWALLOW 11
Carolina Chickadee 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 27
I've heard that PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS set up shop near that little
bridge on Gov. Bridge Road over the Pax River. Reading all of the
reports on MDOSPREY, I had high hopes, but they were not singing there
yet. Nor were there any LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH. I've yet to find
them in AA County this year.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
NORTHERN PARULA 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
After driving on Defense Highway out of Annapolis, we wanted to drop
by Governor Bridge Road Park on the Pax River to see if that BLUE
GROSBEAK was still singing (See BIRDCOUPLE'S report from yesterday).
Warren, Lisa... the bird no doubt was snickering on some tree top,
purposely hiding and not singing I am sure.
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 2
PALM WARBLER (Yellow) 1
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 15
After a coffee refill, we hit a very quiet Schoolhouse Pond in Upper
Marlboro. It was actually quite nice (bird-wise), just not very
crowded (people-wise).
Mute Swan 1
Trumpeter Swan 1
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 7
Green-winged Teal 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
GREEN HERON 1
American Coot 6
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 24
Herring Gull (American) 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 11
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW 5
Barn Swallow 9
Carolina Wren 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 5
We darted South on 301 and dropped by Patuxent River Park for the
swallow show going on all over the river this afternoon.
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Blue-winged Teal 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 11
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Laughing Gull 24
Herring Gull (American) 3
Forster's Tern 4
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
PURPLE MARTIN 2
Tree Swallow 40
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 23
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
The weather looked like it was turning for the worst, so our visit to
the Patuxent River Park at Mt. Calvert was a bit brief.
Wood Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 1
NORTHERN HARRIER 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull 4
Tree Swallow 22
Barn Swallow 16
Tufted Titmouse 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 19
Common Grackle 6
The skies behaved and we decided to finish the afternoon with a quick
visit to the Pax River Park off of Sands Road, just across from
Flanders Lane.
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 2
Blue-winged Teal 7
Green-winged Teal 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2
VIRGINIA RAIL 2
WILSON'S SNIPE 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Barred Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Eastern Towhee 7
Swamp Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 8
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 12
American Goldfinch 4
These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Enjoy your week,
Dan Haas
West Annapolis,MD
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