The North Beach marsh is indeed a rapidly-changing kaleidoscope. Here is our
list at 6 pm:
Mallard 4
Snowy Egret 20 (down from 55 last week)
Gr Blue Heron 1
Red Knot 1
Semi-palm Plover 10
Black-bellied Plover (next to the Knot, affording a nice comparison)
Least Sandpiper 30 (we could make none into Western)
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Gr Y'legs 2
L Y'legs 1
R-b Gull 1
Red Knot is nice for CV Co; but of the much rarer Buff-br we saw no trace.
Fred and Jane Fallon
Huntingtown
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From: Jim Stasz <>
To:
Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 7:18:07 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] 9/24/2010 Schooley Mill Park HO and North Beach CV
Hi Folks!
I spent most of this hot morning walking the woodland trails at Schooley
Mill Park in Howard County. I started at the equestrian area ["A" in the
Birding Howard County guidebook] where there was a nice feeding flock of
bluebirds and Chippies by the parking area and a nice mixed feeding flock
including 2 Blackburnians and a Bay-breasted. The immature female Mourning
Warbler
was along the wood/field edge here. Another good flock was found near
"Post 11" on the equestrian trail, no doubt attracted to the sunlit glade water
gurgling over the rocks.
Here is the complete list:Location: Schooley Mill Park
Observation date: 9/24/10
Notes: 74-84F.clear.SW5. imm. fem. MoWa with broken eyering, whitish
throat, partial hood on field/forest edge.
Number of species: 45
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 35
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 26
Gray Catbird 17
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
American Redstart 2
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 8
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 2
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(_http://ebird.org_
(http://ebird.org) )
I checked a few other places: Pigtail, Big Branch and Cattail Creek. The
only noteables were a Nashville Warbler at Big Branch and a Black-billed
Cuckoo at Triadelphia Lake Road. Shorebird numbers and diversity were down from
9/19 at Cattail.
My last stop was the marsh at North Beach. The birds are a little different
every time. Today's highlight was a juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper [I
think it is the first Calvert County Record]. The Red Knot reported earlier
in the day by Tyler Bell was not to be found, but a juvenile Black-bellied
Plover was.
Location: North Beach
Observation date: 9/24/10
Notes: 89F.clear.SW10. juv.BB Plover; juv. BB Sandpiper [perhaps the
First County Record]
Number of species: 18
Green-winged Teal (American) 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 15
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killdeer 11
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Least Sandpiper 53
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 4
Forster's Tern 6
Royal Tern 3
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(_http://ebird.org_
(http://ebird.org) )
Good Birding!
Jim
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD
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