Good evening all,
I didn't get to spend a lot of time birding this weekend, but what
little time I did have was wonderful.
On my way to the grocery store, I decided to make a quick trip to
Truxtun Park. I didn't have my camera with me, and because of that...
every bird was perching mere feet away from me. It was as if they
knew I was camera-less. At one pint, a Black-throated Green perched
directly above me decided to relieve itself on my arm. I believe that
is a bird's way of showing it's affection, no?
Far and away, the best bird was a CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW that I flushed up
into a tree. Chris Murray and I got to observe this bird for some
time, and thankfully Chris had his camera. He can tell you more about
it and post photos. In any case, we went over to the park tonight to
confirm. At 9:20 the bird called one time and one time only. It's a
bit of a sketchy park after dusk, so... we heard and we left.
Here was the list from this afternoon:
Location: Truxton Park, Annapolis
Observation date: 5/10/09
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Mourning Dove 1
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW 1
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO 1 (mobbing the Chuck)
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
SWAINSON'S THRUSH 1 (I heard and Chris saw it a bit later in the same spot)
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 2
MAGNOLIA WARBLER 1 (my visual FoY)
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 2 (male and female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER 3 (one kind enough to poop on me)
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 2
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle (Purple) 1
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good Birding,
Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD
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