Hi all,

This morning was absolutely fantastic at Governor Bridge Natural Area in PG
County.  I found 17 warbler species in all as well as some new first of year
birds.

Canada Goose     8
Wood Duck     2
Mallard     2
Great Blue Heron     3
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Wilson's Snipe     1  (flushed from trail)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     3
Acadian Flycatcher     3
Empidonax sp.     1 (This one interested me because it was not in Acadian
habitat.  It may have been a willow or an alder but nonetheless it remains
empid spp.)
Eastern Kingbird     2
White-eyed Vireo     2
Red-eyed Vireo     6
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     3
Fish Crow     4
Tree Swallow     3
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     9
VEERY   (FOY)    1
SWAINSON'S THRUSH    2     (FOY)
Catharus sp. (probably also swainson's but I got bad looks.)
Wood Thrush     6
Gray Catbird     45  (an absolute plague of catbirds.)
Northern Mockingbird     1

BlUE WINGED WARBLER     3   (FOY)
Northern Parula     9
Yellow Warbler     5  (FOY, FINALLY!!)
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     3
Pine Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     4
American Redstart     1
Prothonotary Warbler     5
Worm-eating Warbler     1
Ovenbird     13
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH    1  (FOY)
Common Yellowthroat     11
Hooded Warbler     5
CANADA WARBLER  1  (FOY)

scarlet Tanager     1
Eastern Towhee     3
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     8
Northern Cardinal     4
Blue Grosbeak     1
Indigo Bunting     4
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
Orchard Oriole     1
Baltimore Oriole     2
American Goldfinch     8

Good Birding,
Chris Murray
Annapolis MD