Certain highlight of the day in Somerset was an Ash-throated Flycatcher in the little hamlet of Rehobeth on the banks of the Pocomoke River.  The bird was in the yard of the last house before the boatramp on Coventry Parish Road. It perched for a couple of minutes, flew to another perch near the front deck of the house, then was hassled by a Northern Mockingbird, and flew into a bush about six feet from my car.  The Mocker went after it again and they both flew around a house and disappeared.  I hung around for another half-hour or so but couldn't relocate it.  Carol Broderick called me later this afternoon and said she spotted the bird near the church about 3 buildings up from where I first saw it.  It was again chased away by a Mockingbird.
While I was trying to re-find the bird a flock of 75-100 Rusty Blackbirds came through, and there were 2 Brewers Blackbirds in a small mixed flock of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles.  The Ash-throated was a state bird for me, having whiffed on the Ocean City bird during the Rarities Roundup.
The list for the day:
In and Around Rehobeth
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Killdeer
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
European Starling
Eastern Bluebird
American Kestrel
Northern Mockingbird
Carolina Wren
Carolina Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle

Irish Grove and Rumbly Point
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech-Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Junco
Cardinal
Boat-tailed Grackle
American Goldfinch



Mike Walsh
523 Loblolly Ln
Salisbury, MD 21801
410.546.8425