I don't see Willow Flycatchers very often, and the only place I've seen
more than one or two in the same place was in a city park in a little
town near Asheville, NC. But this morning at Blue Mash, they were all
over. I heard, then saw, the first near the big pond. Then as I walked
north along the fence, I heard and/or saw at least 7 or 8 more by the
time I got to the small pond. The last was on the east side of the
small pond, near Zion Road. I almost doubled my lifetime Willow
Flycatcher encounters this AM. And the Willow Flycatchers clearly
outnumbered the Blue Jays!
Otherwise, there were lots of birds, and quite a few species, but no
real surprises. The only obvious transient migrant was a Nashville
Warbler. Lots of Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroats. List below.
Bob Hartman
Silver Spring/Colesville
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Canada Goose 25
Mallard 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 8
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 4
Cedar Waxwing 15
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 10
Gray Catbird 40
Northern Mockingbird 20
Brown Thrasher 3
Eastern Bluebird 4
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 16
Tufted Titmouse 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 26
Eastern Towhee 12
Field Sparrow 22
Song Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 21
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5 |