I was able to stay out for a little bit last night, but I stopped before any heavy rain hit.? I've had some really good listening nights when there is a light drizzle.



I was out from about 10:20-11pm (with a short break to post) and again from 11:20-11:30pm.? Numbers represent "calls" not necessarily birds and the larger numbers are estimates.? 



Green Heron - 1

Spotted Sandpiper - 5

Solitary Sandpiper - 1, both Solitary and Spotted are very consistent migrants here

Black-billed Cuckoo - 1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2

Veery - 100

Swainson's Thrush - 15, surprisingly low for a good night

Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2, still early, I would expect larger numbers next week

Wood Thrush - 10

Scarlet Tanager - 4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 150

Grasshopper Sparrow - 1

Indigo Bunting - 4

Blue Grosbeak - 2, I consistently get small numbers in Bel Air despite not many nesting to north of here

Baltimore Oriole - 1, I haven't heard many of these at night

unidentified thrush/grosbeak-type notes - 100, often distant 

unidentifed warbler-type notes - 100, very interesting to me that I heard very few Blackpoll/Yellow Warbler-type "zeep" notes


Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD