I decided to take a quick trip over to the freshly mowed trails at
Greenbury Point in Annapolis this afternoon.  The warblers were
abundant, so my trip went from a 'quick' one to a two-hour
extravaganza.  The best bird was a MERLIN (as the subject mentioned)
flying over towards Annapolis.  While I was pishing away to a flock of
Cardinals, Chickadees, American Redstarts and one unidentifiable
Flycatcher, a Cooper's Hawk literally crashed the party.  It blasted
through the trees that surrounded me, but appeared to have left
without any dinner.  I would've felt odd serving up such an easy feast
of Redstart tonight.

Location:     Greenbury Point Nature Center (Navy)
Observation date:     9/2/08
Number of species:     42

Canada Goose     35
Double-crested Cormorant     21
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Osprey     3
Cooper's Hawk     1
MERLIN     1
Laughing Gull     7
Ring-billed Gull     3
Herring Gull     2
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     7
Belted Kingfisher     1
Downy Woodpecker     3
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     1
Tree Swallow     2
Carolina Chickadee     8
Tufted Titmouse     3
Carolina Wren     6
House Wren     2
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird     2
Northern Mockingbird     6
European Starling     3
NASHVILLE WARBLER     1
Northern Parula     1
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER     1
MAGNOLIA WARBLER    4
Black-and-white Warbler     1
American Redstart     8
OVENBIRD     3
Common Yellowthroat     4
CANADA WARBLER     1
Chipping Sparrow     1
Field Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     8
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     34

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Upon my return home, I added RT Hummingbird and Chimney Swift to my
afternoon list.  Not a bad 'quick' trip this evening.

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD