Hi Everyone,

I joined John Hubbell and Rob Ostrowski for a morning of birding at Davidsonville Park and Governor Bridge Natural Area. Afterward, Rob and I checked Sandy Point for Franklin's Gulls. The huge gull flock we'd both seen from the Bay Bridge on Friday had unfortunately already dispersed.

Photos from the last few days:
http://www.billhubick.com/photos/updates/20091004.php

Here are the abridged lists. 

Davidsonville Park, Anne Arundel Co.

Wood Duck--29
Red-shouldered Hawk--1
Killdeer--6
Laughing Gull--3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo--1
Chimney Swift--1
Belted Kingfisher--1
Eastern Phoebe--9
Blue Jay--15
HORNED LARK--1; flushed, calling from a ball field; Bill only
House Wren--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--1
Eastern Bluebird--15
Gray Catbird--4
Magnolia Warbler--4
Yellow-rumped Warbler--2
Palm Warbler--2
Black-and-white Warbler--1
Common Yellowthroat--5
CANADA WARBLER--1; Rob only. 'On the bright side for a fall male. Crisp necklace pattern, with white belly and gray undertail.'
Eastern Towhee--6
Chipping Sparrow--5
Field Sparrow--1
Song Sparrow--1
Swamp Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--2
Indigo Bunting--3
Common Grackle--1
Brown-headed Cowbird--3
House Finch--40

Governor Bridge Natural Area

Laughing Gull--17
Belted Kingfisher--1
Eastern Phoebe--1
Blue-headed Vireo--2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Wood Thrush--1
Gray Catbird--3
Brown Thrasher--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
Black-throated Green Warbler--1
Common Yellowthroat--2
Eastern Towhee--1
Indigo Bunting--2
Common Grackle--20
Non-avian: Question Marks, Viceroy (3), Monarch (2), Pearl Crescent (2), Black Saddlebags.

Sandy Point State Park

Mallard--4
Double-crested Cormorant--45
Laughing Gull--20
Ring-billed Gull--27
Herring Gull--2
Great Black-backed Gull--89
gull sp.--100
Royal Tern--1

Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com