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Good day at Wheaton Regional Park 9/15

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Gail Mackiernan

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Gail Mackiernan

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Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:18:17 -0400

Hi all,

Barry and I did the usual areas of Wheaton Regional Park and had quite a
good morning. Highlights were FOUR different PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and a
fly-by OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. Plus a very large number of Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks (we knew it was going to be a good Grosbeak day when we had two in
our yard before we left the house!). Thirteen species of warbler, some in
good numbers although nothing really unusual. Plus a lot of Empids, some
identified!

Birds of interest:

Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4
Eastern Wood-pewee - 12
Eastern Phoebe - 3
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 4 (couple looked like Alders..)
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Empid sp. - 4
Veery - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1 (plus others heard flying over)
Brown Thrasher - 3
Gray Catbird - 30+
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 (FOS for us)
Red-eyed Vireo - 15
PHILADELPHIA VIREO - 4 (highest number we have seen on a day)
Black-and-White Warbler - 4
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Canada Warbler - 1 (latish record)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 8
Magnolia Warbler - 15
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Parula - 4
American Redstart - 10
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 20
Indigo Bunting - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Baltimore Oriole - 1

We also looked in at Brookside but it was too noisy with hoards of screaming
kids, leaf-blowers etc.!

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD