Hi Everyone,
There seems to have been a nice push of migrants at Fort Smallwood over the last couple days. Becky and I walked the perimeter of the park this afternoon and found the following (the latest arrivals in caps):
Canada Goose--16
Mallard--3
Greater/Lesser Scaup--3
Bufflehead--13
Double-crested Cormorant--18
Great Blue Heron--1
Osprey--1
Killdeer--4
Bonaparte's Gull--1
Ring-billed Gull--18
Herring Gull--2
Great Black-backed Gull--1
Mourning Dove--2
Red-bellied Woodpecker--2
Downy Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker--4
EASTERN PHOEBE--1
Blue Jay--2
Fish Crow--1
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW--2
Carolina Chickadee--2
Tufted Titmouse--1
White-breasted Nuthatch--1
Carolina Wren--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--1
Eastern Bluebird--2
HERMIT THRUSH--1 (my first of the year at the park; none seem to have wintered right AT the fort)
American Robin--26
Northern Mockingbird--6
Brown Thrasher--2
European Starling--5
YELLOW PALM WARBLER--3 in brilliant breeding plumage
Eastern Towhee--2
Chipping Sparrow--4
FIELD SPARROW--1
SAVANNAH SPARROW--2
Song Sparrow--5
White-throated Sparrow--3
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored)--3
Northern Cardinal--2
Red-winged Blackbird--5
Common Grackle (Purple)--2
Brown-headed Cowbird--1
House Finch--1
American Goldfinch--3
The 400 Ruddies continue on White Pond, still in the company of six Canvasbacks.
Good birding,
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
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