I spent yesterday birding on the Piedmont and in Western Maryland.
The highlights were 19 species of warblers and 4 species of
Empidonax flycatchers. The cast of characters, roughly in order of
appearance, included the following:
Slate Quarry Road (FR):
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Prairie Warbler - Rte. 109, east of Slate Quarry Road (MO)
Yellow Warbler - Rte. 40 at Stottlemeyer Road (WA)
Warbling Vireo - Black Rock Road (WA)
Pine Warbler - Green Ridge State Forest (AL)
American Redstart - Rocky Gap State Park (AL)
Old Legislative Road (AL):
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Willow Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-breasted Chat
Grasshopper Sparrow
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
Finzel Swamp (GA):
ALDER FLYCATCHER
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
WILSON'S WARBLER
Double-crested Cormorant - Piney Reservoir (GA)
Black-throated Green Warbler - Piney Run Road (GA)
West Shale Road (GA):
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Ovenbird
Maynardier Road (GA):
Black-and-White Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Warbler - Frank Brenneman Road (GA)
New Germany State Park (GA):
Acadian Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - heard only
Northern Parula
Louisiana Waterthrush
Dark-eyed Junco - a pair, apparently nesting
LEAST FLYCATCHER - Lower New Germany Road (GA)
It was a great day to be out!
Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD (PG County)
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