This morning I found 5 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in the
scrubland.

This is the earliest date that I have sighted either species in this
location. Perhaps from the unusual April heat wave?


Felicia Lovelett
Sykesville, MD


(complete eBird List)


Location:     Patapsco Scrubland
Observation date:     4/28/09
Notes:     Drive/front scrub/low pipe + /WH  
              Sunny 65-74F 7-8:30 AM 1.0 mile 

Number of species:     48

Canada Goose     3
Wild Turkey     1    
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1     
Mourning Dove     4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1   
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Downy Woodpecker     3
Northern Flicker     1     
Pileated Woodpecker     1    
Eastern Phoebe     1
Eastern Kingbird     4
White-eyed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     1     FOY /h
Blue Jay     16
American Crow     6
Fish Crow     6
Tree Swallow     6
Barn Swallow     10
Carolina Chickadee     7
Tufted Titmouse     6
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     1    
Eastern Bluebird     7     
American Robin     5     
Gray Catbird     20
Northern Mockingbird     3
European Starling     6
Blue-winged Warbler     5     Early FOY 1s view+ 4h front scrub
Yellow Warbler     5     
Prairie Warbler     2   
Louisiana Waterthrush     1    
Common Yellowthroat     8
Yellow-breasted Chat     1     Early FOY milkweed scrub 
Eastern Towhee     3   
Chipping Sparrow     5
Song Sparrow     1     
White-throated Sparrow     4
Northern Cardinal     19
Indigo Bunting     1     (FOY yesterday)
Red-winged Blackbird     3     
Brown-headed Cowbird     9
Orchard Oriole     6     (2 males seen chasing f)
Baltimore Oriole     6
House Finch     2     
Pine Siskin     4     
American Goldfinch     11
House Sparrow     5