Hi Folks!
 
I spent the morning hiking Indian Creek WMA in Charles County.  This  are is 
located in far eastern Charles, and is bordered on the east by the  Patuxent 
River and on the south by Indian Creek.  The parking area is on  the south side 
of RT.231 about an miles west of the Benedict Bridge. Water  viewing is 
limited.  Most of the habitat is soybean fields with hedgerows.  I was hoping for a 
Philly Vireo or Nashville Warbler for my Charles County list.  I have not 
bold-faced the Connecticut Warbler because it is expected here in  this season. I 
think it is my 5th for this location.
 
Connecticuts are very rarely with mixed feeding flocks in woodlands.  Usually 
I find them while walking in knee-deep weedy areas between agricultural  
fields and hedgerows or second-growth woodland. If the adjacent habitat has  
towhees and catbirds chances of finding one seems a bit higher. Today's bird  
flushed from the edge of a soybean field and landed on a branch at eye-level in  
sapling on the edge of a weedy/viney 30-foot wide hedgerow.  I got a  poor, but 
identifiable photo.
 
Location:     Indian Creek WMA
Observation date:   9/21/08
Notes:     50-70 deg.F, MOSTLY SUNNY,  WIND N 5
Number of species:     53

Canada Goose   2
Mallard     1
Double-crested Cormorant   1
Great Blue Heron     3
Black Vulture   4
Turkey Vulture     11
Red-shouldered  Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk      2
Killdeer     1
Mourning Dove      2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2
Red-bellied  Woodpecker     8
Downy Woodpecker      7
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker  (Yellow-shafted)     4
Eastern Wood-Pewee      3
Eastern Phoebe     1
White-eyed Vireo      3
Warbling Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo      6
Blue Jay     14
American Crow      4
Fish Crow     1
Carolina Chickadee      7
Tufted Titmouse     10
White-breasted Nuthatch   4
Carolina Wren     31
House Wren   8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Eastern  Bluebird     6
American Robin     2
Gray  Catbird     32
Northern Mockingbird      6
Brown Thrasher     12
European Starling   2
Northern Parula     1
Magnolia Warbler   4
Pine Warbler     1
Black-and-white  Warbler     3
American Redstart      3
Northern Waterthrush     1
Connecticut Warbler   1
Common Yellowthroat     22
Hooded  Warbler     1
Scarlet Tanager     1
Eastern  Towhee     6
Chipping Sparrow     1
Field  Sparrow     8
Northern Cardinal     26
Blue  Grosbeak     6
Indigo Bunting      45
Bobolink     35
American Goldfinch      3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(_http://ebird.org_ 
(http://ebird.org) .
 
Good Birding!
 
Jim
 
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD






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