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From: "Stanley Arnold" <>
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Cc: <>; "Charles Kucera" <>; "Mark
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Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:10 PM
Subject: [MDOsprey] Swan Creek; AA Co. Pheasants?; Yard stuff
> Hi Folks,
>
> I spent a couple hours at Swan Creek in N. AA County this afternoon,
> hoping to find some shorebirds, and was pleasantly surprised to find a
> PHILLY VIREO in with an active flock of mostly chickadees and juvenile
> Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks. The only other known migrants in the
> group were a House Wren, a couple Magnolia Warblers, and a Chat. These
> birds were in the woodsy area on the right side of the sandy path that
> leads to the beach (after you cross the ford). This was the first Philly
> I've seen in AA Co. in several years. Shorebirds are still few and
> consisted of Semi Plovers, Greater Legs, Pectorals and Leasts.
>
> An ebird report of RN Pheasant at Piney Orchard Preserve in AA Co.
> surfaced a week or two ago, so I've visited this place several times
> recently. When I was there this past Friday (8/28), which I recall was a
> pretty miserable day with rain, heat, and humidity, I played the ipod
> several times, and after a while was surprised to get a response, just a
> single crowing from a male. Has anyone heard of these birds being here
> before? I'm not totally comfortable with a pheasant in this part of the
> county. Were it up north along the Patapsco River then I could understand
> pheasants being there because of the viable populations nearby at
> Southwest Area Park and Cherry Hill Park. There were no pheasants
> anywhere in AA Co. other than near the Patapsco River during the 1980s
> atlas, and I doubt there were any at all during the recent atlas. Just
> curious what brought this/these bird(s) here.
>
> For the most part our yard has had the usual migrants during the past few
> weeks: occasional nighthawks, lots of Chimney Swifts, and the more common
> warblers such as Magnolia, Parula, Redstart and Black-and-White, with
> probably our best find being our second BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON flyover
> of the year just this evening. One interesting bird that spent the day
> with us on 26 Aug, however, was a RINGED TURTLE DOVE. Elaine found and
> correctly identified the bird early in the morning, and I was able to get
> some digiscopes and video of it when I got home. The bird has returned to
> our yard a couple more times and was last seen on 8/31. It is definitely
> not Anne Arundel's first Eur. Collared Dove, and this particular exotic
> cannot even be entered in ebird like most other exotics. It doesn't count
> for anything, but it sure has been a very interesting yard bird, and we've
> rather enjoyed watching it.
>
> The ebird list for Swan Creek is below.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stan Arnold
> Ferndale (AA Co)
>
>
>
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>
> Location: Swan Creek Dredged Material Facility
> Observation date: 9/2/09
> Notes: The Bald Eagle was an adult. The Philly Vireo was in an active
> group of mostly chickadees, young indigos and young Blue Grosbeaks,
> Magnolias and a Chat along the sandy path leading to the beach.
> Number of species: 41
>
> Canada Goose 8
> Mute Swan 2
> Mallard 3
> Double-crested Cormorant 1
> Great Blue Heron 8
> Snowy Egret 5
> Little Blue Heron 11
> Turkey Vulture 3
> Osprey 2
> Bald Eagle 1
> Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1
> Semipalmated Plover 3
> Killdeer 4
> Greater Yellowlegs 2
> Least Sandpiper 4
> Pectoral Sandpiper 2
> Laughing Gull 1
> Herring Gull (American) 3
> Great Black-backed Gull 145
> gull sp. 25
> Mourning Dove 1
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Philadelphia Vireo 1
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> American Crow 3
> crow sp. 8
> Carolina Chickadee 8
> Carolina Wren 2
> House Wren 1
> Marsh Wren 1
> Gray Catbird 1
> Cedar Waxwing 2
> Magnolia Warbler 2
> Common Yellowthroat 4
> Yellow-breasted Chat 1
> Song Sparrow 2
> Northern Cardinal 1
> Blue Grosbeak 5
> Indigo Bunting 4
> Red-winged Blackbird 1
> American Goldfinch 16
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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