I made an unsuccessful attempt to listen for nightjars before daylight on Hog Island Road in Caroline County on Sunday morning. I had no luck; it was probably too wet. I then spent an hour at the end of Hog Island Rd. Barred and Great Horned Owls, Wild Turkey and Marsh Wrens were heard before daylight. After once again checking out the Tanyard marsh ( Rt. 331) I moved over into Talbot County looking for warblers at various creek crossings. I then finished the morning with a visit on the Caroline County side of Tuckahoe St. Pk. The following is an abridged list of birds seen/heard throughout the rainy morning:

CAROLINE COUNTY

HOG ISLAND ROAD 

Wood Duck
Wild Turkey
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
E. Kingbird
Marsh Wren
Wood Thrush
Common Yellow throat
Field Sparrow
(all of the above were heard before daylight)

Species seen on Hog Island Road included one each of Brown Thrasher, Worm-eating Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow and Blue Grosbeak

TANYARD MARSH
Bald Eagle   1
Greater Yellowlegs   3
Lesser Yellowlegs   22
Least Sandpiper   5
Forster's Tern   3

TALBOT COUNTY

MULLET BRANCH RD.

Wood Thrush   2
Red-eyed Vireo   2
Great-crested Flycatcher   3
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH  1   King's Creek Crossing
N. PARULA   1   King's Creek Crossing  (a county bird and Closeout # 75)
Scarlet Tanager   1
Grasshopper Sparrow   5
Indigo Bunting   1

KINGSTON RD. 
Osprey   1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   1
Horned Lark   1
Great-crested Flycatcher   3
White-eyed Vireo   2
Common Yellowthroat   2
Prothonotary Warbler   1
Worm-eating Warbler   1   (County bird)
Grasshopper Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow   6
Orchard Oriole   1

LEWISTOWN RD. (creek crossing just south of Mill Ridge Rd. intersection)
Great-crested Flycatcher   2
N. Parula   1  (how many times do you see/hear a 2nd bird just after a closeout?)
A. Redstart   1
Orchard Oriole


CAROLINE COUNTY

EVELAND ROAD
Wood Thrush   1
Great-crested Flycatcher   2
Acadian Flycatcher   1
Red-eyed Vireo   1
N. Parula   1
Yellow-rumped Warbler   8
Indigo Bunting   2

ADKINS ARBORETUM PARKING LOT 
E. bluebird   2
White-eyed Vireo   1
Common Yellowthroat   2
Yellow-breasted Chat   1
Orchard Oriole   1

TUCKAHOE STATE PARK - (CAROLINE COUNTY SIDE)
Green Heron   1
White-eyed Vireo   1
Great-crested Flycatcher   2
Wood Thrush   3
Ovenbird   2
Worm-eating Warbler   3
Black & White Warbler   1
Prothonotary Warbler   1
Louisiana Waterthrush   1
Pine Warbler   2
Yellow-breasted Chat   1
Scarlet Tanager   1
Field Sparrow   2

All in all, it was a nice morning (IN THE RAIN)!

Jim Green
Gaithersburg, Md

Work in Moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!!!