Milford Mill Park, Randallstown 
  (NW of Baltimore city, in Baltimore County, literally next to the the I-695 beltway)
Time: around 8:45 am - 11 am, May 6th 2010
Weather: none to light breeze, upper 70s F

- Birds that were only heard, but not seen, are indicated below.
- Spring Migrants in ALL-CAPS

ACADIAN FLYCATCHER ..... several heard
American Crow
American Goldfinch ..... heard
AMERICAN REDSTART ..... 2 male and female seen and heard (loud!)
American Robin 
BLACK & WHITE WARBLER ..... 1 male, more heard.
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER ..... several heard
BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER ..... one seen, several heard
Carolina Chickadee ..... heard
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER ..... several heard, see note 1
Downy Woodpecker
European Starling
Grackle sp.
GRAY CATBIRD ..... 1 seen & heard
Northern Cardinal 
NORTHERN PARULA ..... 1 male seen & heard
OVENBIRD ..... two heard
RED-EYED VIREO ..... one seen, several heard
SWAINSON'S THRUSH ..... three seen, see note 2
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW ..... one seen, several heard
WOOD THRUSH ..... heard, see note 2

Note 1: I'm pretty sure (ok, 97%  sure ... ) it was the Chestnut-sided Warbler(s). The song was the classic "Pleased Pleased Pleased to Meet Ya!", just like the one on the Peterson CD; I listened to other warbler song on my iPhone birding app to make sure I hadn't mistaken it for something else, and feel pretty confident of the ID. 

Note 2: Saw three thrushes that were grayish brown, fairly sure they were Swainson's. Also heard some Thrush-like song. After listening to several Thrush song, I concluded it was a Wood Thrush because of the rich smoother tones. The Swainson's song, according to the recordings, is a little rougher. 

I've noticed that the 'locals' are much quieter. I'm guessing some have settled into their nests and are keeping a low profile. 


Since I'm pretty warbler-challenged, I heard sounds that i could not identify that were quite intriguing. And of course, they're up in the tree-tops and i'm left cursing at the leaves. (No Hooded warbler heard, which was really disappointing -- guess he couldn't find any girls and moved on to search elsewhere.)


cheers,
  shireen

Shireen Gonzaga
Baltimore, MD