Hi Everyone,

I'm posting following eBird report on behalf of Marshall Iliff, who found an extremely unexpected singing BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER in the Annapolis area this morning. Crazy...

Location:    *Crystal Spring Farm (private)
Observation date:    6/14/10
Notes: I went canoeing along the creek with Mom for her birthday, before
leaving for Boston. We visited both marshes, and I split out the birds seen
only at the Masque Farms side under that property. A singing male Blackburnian Warbler was a shocker! WEATHER: Clear, calm, 65-70 F.
Number of species:    34

Mallard    8
Black Vulture    3
Turkey Vulture    6
Osprey    3
Cooper's Hawk    1    flew across creek chased by kingbirds; how many
summer records are there for CSF? First ever?
Herring Gull (American)    1
Mourning Dove    1
Chimney Swift    2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Downy Woodpecker    2
Eastern Wood-Pewee    1    singing from our woods
Acadian Flycatcher    1    singing by Tatterson Marsh; new location?
Great Crested Flycatcher    2
Eastern Kingbird    2
Red-eyed Vireo    1    singing from our woods
Blue Jay    2
American Crow    1
Fish Crow    3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    1    flying around towards Masque Farm
marsh (seen from canoe)
Barn Swallow    6
White-breasted Nuthatch    1    singing near Tatterson Marsh
Carolina Wren    1
House Wren    1    singing across creek from our woods
American Robin    3
Cedar Waxwing    1
Blackburnian Warbler    1    **rare; a shocking singing male in oaks in
yard immediately across from our woods; first mid-June record for Anne
Arundel (?). Seen well: bright orange throat and supercilium, dark ear
patch, white belly and streaked sides, blackish back with white stripes.
Identified initially by song, a very high pitched twittering song that rose
with each phrase (ca. 4 phrases) and ended on at a very high note; no other
warbler song is similar, and it was clearly to twittery and not buzzy like a Type II Northern Parula song. I am unsure if it was a SY male or ASY male
from the views I had.
Eastern Towhee    1
Northern Cardinal    4
Indigo Bunting    1
Common Grackle    2
Brown-headed Cowbird    2
House Finch    1
American Goldfinch    3
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Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com