Hi Everyone,
I went for a run around the perimeter of Fort Smallwood Park this afternoon. There have been a number of new arrivals since last week. Here is the full list:
Canada Goose--13; one pair nesting on a jetty
Mallard--1
Double-crested Cormorant--4
Great Blue Heron--1
Turkey Vulture--4; circling overhead
Osprey--5; two pairs actively feeding in the area; one distant over the water
Killdeer--3
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Ring-billed Gull--1
Herring Gull--6
Great Black-backed Gull--2
gull sp.--10; distant
Mourning Dove--4
Red-bellied Woodpecker--2
Downy Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--2
Great Crested Flycatcher--3
Eastern Kingbird--2
Blue-headed Vireo--1
Blue Jay--16
Tree Swallow--2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow--3; a pair will probably nest again at the old stone battery
Carolina Chickadee--3
Tufted Titmouse--1
Carolina Wren--2
House Wren--1; singing from the scrub on west side of the pond
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--3
American Robin--25
Gray Catbird--1
Northern Mockingbird--3
European Starling--30
Cedar Waxwing--1
Northern Parula--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--1
Eastern Towhee--2
Chipping Sparrow--2
Swamp Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--8
Northern Cardinal--9
Red-winged Blackbird--15
Common Grackle (Purple)--6
Brown-headed Cowbird--2
Orchard Oriole--1; heard chattering and then seen well; west side of the pond
American Goldfinch--1
Non-avian:
Chorus of NORTHERN CRICKET FROGs (my first of the year)
WHITE-PHASE EASTERN GRAY SQUIRREL (my first away from D.C./Montgomery Co.)
Good birding!
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
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