Hi All,

We knew today might be interesting when Nancy stepped out on the porch 
and had 7 warbler species including TENNESSEE, Black-throated Green, 
Black-and-white, and Blackpoll. We did not get to act on that knowledge 
until after our shop-sitting at Eastern Neck NWR from 1 till 4 PM.

Eastern Neck was in top form in the drizzle. We had 13 warbler species 
including, a NASHVILLE, 2 CAPE MAY, 5 Western Palms, 2 CANADA, an 
immature female MOURNING (Ingleside Rd just beyond woods on left in 
hedgerow), and 2 Northern Waterthrushes. Flycatchers included 1 
YELLOW-BELLIED and 3 LEAST. We also had a Pied-billed Grebe (Marsh 
Overlook behind the Lodge), 2 calling Great Horned Owls behind the 
Lodge, 15 Wild Turkeys on Ingleside Rd, 2 VEERIES, 2 SWAINSON'S 
THRUSHES, and 4 Brown-headed Nuthatches (entrance rd south of Tubby Cove 
lot). It was hard getting off the island this evening, but we ran out of 
light eventually. Our e-bird report is appended below.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

Chestertown, MD

410-778-9568

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time you take a walk.

Location:     Eastern Neck NWR
Observation date:     9/12/10
Notes:     Overcast, rainy mostly drizzle, 65-70 deg F., windless. Second observer: Nancy Martin. Eastern Neck in top flight form. Mourning Warbler was an immature female bright yellow underparts, long undertail coverts, broken buffy eye-ring, yellow throat with hood margin broken. Call a flat pinched "squick". On Ingleside Road about a half mile before picnic area. Nuthatches along entrance road in mixed pines and willow oaks. Thriteen warbler species impressive. Nancy had four additional species at Chesapeake Landing this morning, so 17 (!) total species today.
Number of species:     65

Canada Goose     24
Wood Duck     8
American Black Duck     14
Mallard     2
Wild Turkey     15
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     29
Great Blue Heron     8
Black Vulture     3
Turkey Vulture     9
Osprey     6
Bald Eagle     7
Laughing Gull     4
Ring-billed Gull     8
Caspian Tern     1
Mourning Dove     5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Great Horned Owl     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     9
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Wood-Pewee     3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher     1
Least Flycatcher     3
Great Crested Flycatcher     3
Blue Jay     12
American Crow     6
Tree Swallow     1
Carolina Chickadee     2
Brown-headed Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     9
House Wren     6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Eastern Bluebird     4
Veery     2
Swainson's Thrush     2
American Robin     4
Gray Catbird     7
Northern Mockingbird     8
European Starling     15
Cedar Waxwing     2
Nashville Warbler     1
Northern Parula     2
Magnolia Warbler     6
Cape May Warbler     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Pine Warbler     7
Palm Warbler (Western)     5
American Redstart     10
Ovenbird     2
Northern Waterthrush     2
Mourning Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     14
Canada Warbler     2
Eastern Towhee     2
Chipping Sparrow     1
Scarlet Tanager     1
Northern Cardinal     24
Blue Grosbeak     2
Indigo Bunting     5
Bobolink     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     3
American Goldfinch     1