Patterson Park is amazing.  I was there for a little more than 1 hour on Thursday morning (May 6) and was rewarded with a pretty good view of the sedge wren, a life bird for me.  However, it was never singing.  I also had a 3 wren day but my 3rd wren was a house wren rather a winter wren.  The marsh wren sat at the bottom of a bush in the open--probably the least shy marsh wren I have ever seen.   The place was alive with activity.  Other highlights include a Louisiana waterthrush, close looks at 3 black-crowned night herons and a green heron on the trees in the pond, lots of yellowthroats, two white-crowned sparrows, and a yellow-billed cuckoo. Thanks for the heads up about the sedge wren!

Michel Cavigelli
Greenbelt


-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding on behalf of David Yeany II
Sent: Fri 5/8/2009 8:58 PM
To: 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Sedge Wren, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Wilson's Warbler, Lots of Migrants - Patterson Park, Baltimore
 
Both yesterday and today were quite good days for patch of greenery known as
Patterson Park in the middle of Baltimore city. Yesterday, highlights
included not 1, but 2 SEDGE WRENS. Just as a Sedge Wren hopped up in front
of me along the boardwalk, another sang from the grassy hillside behind it.
Last night and this morning there was still at least 1 Sedge Wren present,
as it was last heard this morning. The complete list from 5/7/09 is below.

Early this morning, 5/8, Dave Curson and I had a great morning tallying 67
species which included 3 species of wren, 5 thrushes, and 14 warbler
species. Highlights included 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, one GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, a
female WILSON'S WARBLER, a stunning male CAPE MAY WARBLER, a WINTER WREN,
and one SEDGE WREN. The complete list can be found below.

Location:     Patterson Park
Observation date:     5/7/09
Number of species:     47

Mallard     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Green Heron     2
Black-crowned Night-Heron     3
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Chimney Swift     X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     X
Eastern Kingbird     2
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X
Barn Swallow     X
Sedge Wren     2
Marsh Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Veery     1
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
Northern Mockingbird     X
Brown Thrasher     X
European Starling     X
Nashville Warbler     1
Yellow Warbler     2
Prairie Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Ovenbird     1
Northern Waterthrush     2
Common Yellowthroat     4
Eastern Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     X
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)     1
Northern Cardinal     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
Bobolink     2
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Orchard Oriole     X
Baltimore Oriole     X
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

Location:     Patterson Park
Observation date:     5/8/09
Number of species:     67

Mallard     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     2
Green Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
American Kestrel     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Chimney Swift     X
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     X
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Empidonax sp.     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     4
Blue-headed Vireo     3
Warbling Vireo     2
Blue Jay     X
Fish Crow     X
Barn Swallow     X
House Wren     1
Winter Wren     1
Sedge Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
Gray-cheeked Thrush     1
Swainson's Thrush     2
Hermit Thrush     1
Wood Thrush     2
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
Northern Mockingbird     X
Brown Thrasher     3
European Starling     X
Cedar Waxwing     5
Nashville Warbler     1
Northern Parula     3
Yellow Warbler     3
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Cape May Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     5
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Blackpoll Warbler     3
Black-and-white Warbler     3
American Redstart     3
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     4
Wilson's Warbler     1
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     2
Field Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     20
Northern Cardinal     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3
Bobolink     11
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Orchard Oriole     6
Baltimore Oriole     5
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

Good Birding!

David
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David Yeany II, M.S.
IBA Program Assistant
Audubon MD-DC
109.5 Pennsylvania Ave.
Cumberland, MD 21502
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