I spent the day birding in Western Maryland with my brother and had some especially good birds at Finzel Swamp, most notably a Cape May Warbler and an Olive-sided Flycatcher.

The flycatcher was perched prominently on one of the many dead trees in the swamp, to the left of the path, right past the 2nd boardwalk. The Cape May Warbler was in the trees to the right of the path, about where the sign-in binder is located. 

Finzel Swamp, 09/01, 7:45am-9:45am, 5:30pm-6:20pm

Wood Duck     1
American Black Duck     3
Mallard     1
RUFFED GROUSE     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Blue Jay     8
American Crow     6
Barn Swallow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     7
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Gray Catbird     4
Brown Thrasher     1
Cedar Waxwing     17
Black-throated Green Warbler     6
Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
CAPE MAY WARBLER  1
Pine Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     2
NASHVILLE WARBLER    1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     5
Eastern Towhee     6
Field Sparrow     5
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     2
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK     1
Indigo Bunting     1
Common Grackle     4
American Goldfinch     3

Also, at Dan's Rock, we had two BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.


Robert Ostrowski
Bowie, MD