Hi --

Thought the wet weather would be good for finding waterbirds at Kenilworth
Gardens -- well, it was TOO wet when we got there, high tide and high river
flows combined to flood a lot of the paths and all the pools as well as the
river and marsh were overflowing their banks. Still, a very good morning
with a real influx of migrants. We recorded 19 Species of warbler, which is
very good for this lowland site.

Later, we walked the "no mow" area of Kenilworth Park, did not do the area
behind the jersey barrier as some guys were out there with remote-controlled
model cars and making a lot of noise!

Birds of Interest @ KAG:

Snowy Egret (6, flyover)
Common Merganser (1,female)
Solitary Sandpiper (4)
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Caspian Tern (2, flyover)
Belted Kingfisher (2)
Eastern Kingbird (3)
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
Acadian Flycatcher (1)
Warbling Vireo (5)
Red-eyed Vireo (10)
White-eyed Vireo (6)
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (8)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Black-throated Blue W. (5, FOY)
Black-throated Green W. (1)
Blackpoll W. (2)
Black-and-White W. (3)
Canada W. (1, heard only)
Chestnut-sided W. (3)
Magnolia W. (1)
Northern Waterthrush (3, FOY)
Ovenbird (6)
No. Parula (10)
Prairie W. (2, FOY)
Prothonotary W. (2)
Redstart (5)
Tennessee W. (1)
WORM-EATING W. (1, FOY)
Yellow W. (10)
Yellow-rumped W. (40+)
Common Yellowthroat (12)
Yellow-breasted Chat (1, heard only)
Scarlet Tanager (3)
Veery (1)
Swainson's Thrush (1, FOY)
Brown Thrasher (1)
Indigo Bunting (2)
Orchard Oriole (3)
Baltimore Oriole (4)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (1, male, singing his "creaking gate call")

Birds of interest @ Kenilworth Park:

Solitary Sandpiper (3)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER (1)
Indigo Bunting (1)
Redstart (1)
Savannah Sparrow (5)
VESPER SPARROW (1)
BOBOLINK (3, female)

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD