This morning Mikey Lutmerding, J.B. Churchill, my wife Colleen, and I
descended upon Finzel Swamp to catch part of the recent wave of migrants.
Mikey was already there listening to flight calls when we arrived at 6:20
and J.B. joined us about 6:40. We all birded together until about 8:00AM.
Colleen and I stayed until about 9:15, and thankfully we did. Earlier in the
morning we tallied 9 warbler species including a single WILSON'S WARBLER,
first spotted by Mikey. Also included were several CAPE MAY WARBLERS and one
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. However, the best bird of the day came just at the
second bridge about 8:40. I had noticed an Empidonax perched on one of the
snags. It turned out to be a LEAST FLYCATCHER. I started pishing and then
out of the speckled alder next to the trail popped another Empid. with a
yellowish bold eyering with noticeable yellow coloration throughout the
throat and into what part of the breast I could see. A combination of those
characters together with its overall shape convinced me that we were looking
at a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Finally! After I played a recording, it
hopped out for another brief viewing and then it was gone. Apparently the
Yellow-bellied recording was enough to stir up the Leasts because soon
after, I heard several che-bekking all around us. What a great day! Finally
a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher! A complete list of what Colleen and I saw
follows below:

Location:     Finzel Swamp
Observation date:     9/3/08
Number of species:     42

Wood Duck     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     2
Cooper's Hawk     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher     1
Alder Flycatcher     1
Least Flycatcher     5
Eastern Phoebe     2
Red-eyed Vireo     3
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Common Raven     2
Black-capped Chickadee     X
White-breasted Nuthatch     X
Veery     2
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird     X
Brown Thrasher     1
Cedar Waxwing     X
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     4
Cape May Warbler     3
Black-throated Blue Warbler     7
Black-throated Green Warbler     5
Blackburnian Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     12
Wilson's Warbler     1
Scarlet Tanager     3
Eastern Towhee     X
Chipping Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2
Indigo Bunting     5
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
American Goldfinch     X

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

Great Birding!

-- 
David Yeany II
Graduate Assistant
207 Compton Science Center
Department of Biology
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD 21532
Office: 301-687-7080