A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher showed briefly this morning at 9:30 along the river in the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, Trotter Rd. loop.  I only had a brief glimpse, without sufficient time to get my companion on it.  But it was an empid with a bright yellow belly.  We proceeded counter clockwise on the loop, proceeding upstream from the right of way that you accesses if you take the trail to the right.  The bird was at a stream crossing, I saw it from a bridge.  I do not recall which.

Otherwise it was a nice, birdy morning, with a good selection of migrants and usual suspects.

Certain parties will be happy to know I've gotten my behind on eBird.

Location:     Middle Patuxent Environmental Area
Observation date:     8/29/10
Number of species:     41

Accipiter sp.     2     The two were together, moving too fast to assess species.
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Chimney Swift     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     7
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     3
Eastern Wood-Pewee     11
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher     1     A life bird, long sought.  Guess I need to get out in August more!
Empidonax sp.     5     Silent empids!
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
White-eyed Vireo     2     On bird had virtually no tail.  I did not get a look at the eye so could not assess age.  The song, however, clinched the identification.
Yellow-throated Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     23
Blue Jay     18
American Crow     6
Carolina Chickadee     14
Tufted Titmouse     16
White-breasted Nuthatch     6
Carolina Wren     14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     6
Veery     2
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin     19
Gray Catbird     19
Blue-winged Warbler     1     One of our first birds of the morning, a very nice start.
Northern Parula     1
Chestnut-sided Warbler     2
Magnolia Warbler     9     No adult males.
Black-and-white Warbler     6     No adult males.
American Redstart     4     No adult males
Ovenbird     3     All seen!
Common Yellowthroat     1
Canada Warbler     1
Eastern Towhee     5
Northern Cardinal     15
Baltimore Oriole     1
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     11

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