Fairly birdy this morning.
Finally saw warblers: most were foraging low in grass & brush.
Also seen in scrub yesterday (but not today) fof HERMIT THRUSH.
Felicia Lovelett
Sykesville, MD
(eBird report)
Location: PVSP Scrubland & farm (Swallows Nest)
Observation date: 10/6/08
Notes: Front scrub, pipeline hill1>woods>yard>parkfield>near back scrub
Cloudy (sun 10A) no wind 50-55F
Number of species: 37
Canada Goose 35
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk (heard)
Rock Pigeon 17
Mourning Dove 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1 seen+h pipeline hill#1 /WE
Northern Flicker 8
Pileated Woodpecker 1 (heard)
Eastern Phoebe 8
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 37
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 10 (heard)
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 95 several flocks
Gray Catbird 20 very quiet
Northern Mockingbird 13 vocal & prominent
European Starling 51
Cedar Waxwing 35 /BS 2 flocks
Tennessee Warbler 3 /BS milkweed 1stfall yellow wash, dark eyeline,
olive green back
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 /BS male on autumn olive
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 /Y sycamore
Black-throated Green Warbler 2 /WE
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 3 fof /BS /k tall grass
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 17 (heard)
Chipping Sparrow 15 most/Y bare ground
White-throated Sparrow 5 singing
Northern Cardinal 41
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 13
American Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 8 |