Hi Folks,

Had an exceptional day birding mostly southern AA County with Dan Haas
and Bill Hubick, with highlights being SEASIDE SPARROWs and 16 species
of warbler.  I began the day solo at Marley Neck Blvd in the north of
the county with CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW, then headed south to Bayard Rd.
where a WILD TURKEY crossed in front of the car and I heard one
BOBOLINK where they had been previously reported, but did not see the
flock.  From there it was over to Dent Rd. where I  joined Dan and
Bill  for more than three hours of excellent birding.  We did not find
the local rarities that we were hoping for, but we tallied 71 species
there alone, and had several Seaside Sparrows, one of which was
singing.  Also, we had four species of tern and Blue Grosbeaks were
plentiful.  Warblers included PARULA, PINE, PRAIRIE, YELLOW,
BLK&WHITE, and abundant COMMON YELLOWTHROATs.  The ebird list is
below.

From Dent Rd. Dan had to head home while Bill and I headed over to Jug
Bay Wetlands Sanctuary where we hiked to the Farm.  Along the way we
had a good variety of warblers including BLACK-THROATED BLUE (2),
MYRTLE (8), BLACK-THROATED GREEN (1), YELLOW-THROATED (2), BLACKPOLL
(5), REDSTART (1), OVENBIRD (5), and LA. WATERTHRUSH.  A singing
SUMMER TANAGER was not only well heard, but also well viewed and there
were also several singing SCARLET TANAGERs.  After more than an hour
here, we went across the road to the Glendening Nature Preserve where
we added HOODED WARBLER to our list.  Bill had to head home at this
point, so I went back to Jug Bay to hike the Railroad Trail, finding
my first YELLOW-THROATED VIREOs (2) this year.

Now on my own, I stopped next at Wooten's Landing off of Sands Rd.,
and here found PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (4) and VEERY.  My last stop of
the day was at the General's Highway Corridor Park to look for the
reported Dickcissel, without success.  Dan Haas had also looked for
the bird earlier with similar results.

It was a very satisfying day, particularly in the morning at Dent Rd.
and Jug Bay, and I personally finished the day with a tally of 98
species.  Back at home Elaine had a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK coming
to the feeder.

By the way, Bill shared with me that one of our MD birders reached
another milestone:  John Hubbell attained his 150th county closeout
today with a Bank Swallow in Somerset Co.  Way to go, John!

Stan Arnold
Ferndale, MD



Subject: eBird Report - Dent Road , 5/1/10
>
>
> Location:     Dent Road
> Observation date:     5/1/10
> Notes:     An excellent morning of birding with Dan Haas and Bill Hubick,
> with many new AA year birds for all of us.  While we did not find the AA
> Co. rarities that we sought (Sedge Wren, Saltmarsh Sparrow, Clapper
> Rail...) we did find a wonderful assortment of birds.  The singing Seaside
> Sparrow was particularly nice.  The weather was sunny, warming from 55 to
> 75 with little wind.  The tide was high, making the trek through the marsh
> a bit challenging, and we all got pretty wet falling into holes.
>
> Canada Goose     8
> Mute Swan     3
> American Black Duck     1
> Mallard     2
> Common Loon     6     In breeding plumage; many flying quite low over us.
> Double-crested Cormorant     26
> Great Blue Heron     6
> white egret sp.     1
> resolve its identity.
> Turkey Vulture     1
> Osprey     7
> Bald Eagle     2     Dan only?
> Cooper's Hawk     1
> American Kestrel     2
> rail sp.     1     smallish, darkish, with bill too long to be a Sora;
> likely a Virginia Rail, flushed from the marsh.
> Spotted Sandpiper     1
> Least Sandpiper     1
> Laughing Gull     11
> Herring Gull (American)     4
> Least Tern     2
> Caspian Tern     2
> Forster's Tern     2
> Royal Tern     1
> Mourning Dove     1
> Chimney Swift     2
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
> Northern Flicker     2
> Great Crested Flycatcher     1
> Eastern Kingbird     3
> White-eyed Vireo     6
> Red-eyed Vireo     3
> Blue Jay     6
> American Crow     7
> Fish Crow     1
> Tree Swallow     4
> Barn Swallow     10
> Carolina Chickadee     2
> Tufted Titmouse     5
> Carolina Wren     2
> House Wren     1
> Marsh Wren     1
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     10
> Wood Thrush     3
> American Robin     5
> Gray Catbird     2
> Northern Mockingbird     1
> Brown Thrasher     1
> European Starling     3
> Northern Parula     1
> Yellow Warbler     1
> Pine Warbler     2
> Prairie Warbler     1
> Black-and-white Warbler     3
> Common Yellowthroat     41
> Scarlet Tanager     1
> Eastern Towhee     9
> Chipping Sparrow     1
> Field Sparrow     1
> Seaside Sparrow     4     At least one of these sang for us.
> Song Sparrow     1
> Swamp Sparrow     12
> White-throated Sparrow     3
> sparrow sp.     2     One of these flushed into an area that was too
> difficult to access; bill saw orange and thought it looked good for a
> Sharp-tailed sp.  The other flushed and flew about 40 feet, and did the
> same again to where it couldn't be refound.  We didn't have many ideas on
> this one.
> Northern Cardinal     6
> Blue Grosbeak     6
> Indigo Bunting     1
> Red-winged Blackbird     60
> Common Grackle     7
> Brown-headed Cowbird     3
> Orchard Oriole     1
> American Goldfinch     9
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)