This morning's Baltimore Bird Club field trip at Milford Mill Park 
(Baltimore Co) was pleasantly birdy despite the gray, late-winter-like 
weather. The star bird was a Summer Tanager, first heard singing and 
calling "ticky-tuck," and then seen.

We had 13 species of warbler, and we even SAW a few of them, such as 
the Black-throated Green, although most remained heard-only. We had 
good looks at Scarlet Tanagers, several dueling Baltimore Orioles, and 
a few Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Seven birders participated including 
myself as leader substituting for Bryce Butler somewhere out West.

Location:     Milford Mill Park
Observation date:     5/11/08
Notes:     Baltimore Bird Club Field Trip led by Steve Sanford. 7 
participants
Number of species:     49

Canada Goose     5
Mallard     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Yellow-throated Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     5
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     2
swallow sp.     1
Carolina Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
House Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     6
Veery     1 (heard only)
Wood Thrush     4
American Robin     5
Gray Catbird     5
European Starling     1
Nashville Warbler     1
Northern Parula     3
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     1 [well-seen]
Black-and-white Warbler     2
American Redstart     4
Ovenbird     2
Northern Waterthrush     1
Louisiana Waterthrush     1
Hooded Warbler     1
Summer Tanager     1     *** Male bird, red, but yellow in wing areas 
seen by most of us. Sang vigorously over 20+ minutes and gave 
ticky-tuck notes occasionally. Has been encountered here once or twice 
in recent years
Scarlet Tanager     1
Northern Cardinal     2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3
Indigo Bunting     1
Common Grackle     10
Common Grackle (Purple)     1 [outstandingly purple!]
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Baltimore Oriole     3
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     3
House Sparrow     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
[I finally got started on ebird. Good, simple system!]

Apres moi, le deluge,
 Steve Sanford
 Randallstown, Baltimore County
 scartan^at^verizon^dot^net