Fred: I was out this morning as well, probably an hour or so later than
you. Saw the Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers, as well as a small peep that
must have been your Least Sandpiper.
Also had: Blackpoll Warbler, BG Gnatcatcher, YR Warbler, Ovenbird (heard),
Parula (heard), Red-Eyed Vireo and tons of Catbirds. Thought I heard House
Wren and Yellow Warbler...
Saw a pair of Phoebes, so they will be there when you go back, What a
wonderful spot Schoolhouse is!
Good Birding
Warren Strobel
Annapolis, MD
www.birdcouple.com
On Wed, 7 May 2008 08:36:43 -0400, Fred Shaffer <>
wrote:
>I tallied 54 species on my morning walk around Schoolhouse Pond. Nothing
>too unusual, but a nice assortment of warblers, shorebirds, returning
breeders,
>flyover gulls, and other migrants.
>
>Warblers included Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Blackpoll, Northern Waterthrush,
>Common Yellowthroat, and American Redstart. Shorebirds included Lesser
>Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Killdeer, and Spotted
>Sandpiper. Flyover gulls included 473 noisy Laughing Gulls, 21 Herring
Gulls, 2
>Ring-billed Gulls, and a lone Great Black-backed Gull.
>
>In addition to the usual Great Blue Herons, 1 Snowy Egret flew over with a
>group of gulls, heading in the direction of Brown Station Road. Flycatchers
>included Acadian, Eastern Kingbird, and Great-crested. Other
>migrants/songbirds included Gnatcatcher, Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting,
>Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Orchard Oriole, Wood Thrush, Robin, House
>Wren, and Carolina Wren. Raptors included Osprey and Red-shouldered Hawk.
>Other miscellaneous birds included a variety of swallows and woodpeckers,
>Chiimney Swift, Canada Geese, Mallard, Mute Swan (the Trumpeter was
>absent), Double-crested Cormorant, Mockingbird, and Catbird.
>
>Birds that I missed, but will almost certainly find if I get out at lunchtime
>included Mourning Dove, Phoebe, Song Sparrow and House Sparrow. There
>has really been a nice variety of birds about recently.
>
>Fred Shaffer
>Patuxent MOS
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