Hi All,

I birded Jackson's Landing this morning before work, there was a lot
of activity in the drizzle!  Some highlights were an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER perched on a snag in the parking area near the canoe
launch, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO at the wooden overlook structure along
the trail that goes south from the parking area, and singles of
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and TENNESSEE WARBLER
in the mixed flock at the actual boat launch.  It was fascinating to
see just how cautious birds can be about crossing open areas; on
multiple occasions, small groups of birds would fly out from the trees
at the boat launch to cross the marsh to the next group of trees,
maybe 75 yards away, only to turn back after 10 feet in the open.

Photos of the Olive-sided and Philadelphia can be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/

Location:     Patuxent River- Jackson's Landing
Observation date:     9/9/09
Number of species:     61

Canada Goose     25
Wood Duck     2
Mallard     5
Double-crested Cormorant     7
Great Blue Heron     3
Great Egret     2
Green Heron     1
Osprey     1
Bald Eagle     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Laughing Gull     5
Ring-billed Gull     2
Herring Gull     3
Forster's Tern     2
Mourning Dove     3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     5
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Olive-sided Flycatcher     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher     1
Eastern Phoebe     3
White-eyed Vireo     1
Philadelphia Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     5
Blue Jay     2
Carolina Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Eastern Bluebird     1
Wood Thrush     2
Gray Catbird     4
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     20
Tennessee Warbler     1
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
American Redstart     2
Prothonotary Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Summer Tanager     1
Scarlet Tanager     2
Eastern Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     2
Swamp Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
Blue Grosbeak     5
Indigo Bunting     11
Bobolink     17
Red-winged Blackbird     1000
Common Grackle     25
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
Croom, MD