I forgot to mention:
On Saturday evening, my band and I were playing a wedding in
Washington, DC. We were at the Sewell House, just a few blocks from
the Capitol building. Around 8 we took a break and I stepped outside
of the tent and enjoyed a PEENT from a low-flying COMMON NIGHTHAWK.
Best,
Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Dan haas <> wrote:
> 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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