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Re: PG Fall Count: Fran Uhler South to Upper Marlboro

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Joanne Howl

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Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:46:32 -0400

Robert,

Jon Ranson and I also saw a Conneticut Warbler at Govenor Bridge - I believe it was Sept 11, Saturday midday (we were there between about 11 AM and 1 PM).   It was a life bird for both of us, and I've been reluctant to "shout it out" to the list, even though both of us are satisfied of the ID by looking at several books.   

Dan Haas has posted photos of a Bacon Ridge Greenway Conneticut Warbler, which also helps us confirm ID.  That's not all that far away from Governor's Bridge. 

Joanne



Joanne Howl, DVM
West River, MD



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Ostrowski <>
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Sent: Wed, Sep 22, 2010 8:36 am
Subject: [MDOSPREY] PG Fall Count: Fran Uhler South to Upper Marlboro


My brothers Mike, Tom and I covered the aforementioned area for the PG
all Count on Sunday (9/19). We spent most of the morning at Governor
ridge, where the highlights were:
Red-breasted Nuthatch - calling in the pines next to the parking lot
ONNECTICUT WARBLER - (Tom only)
ashville Warbler
east Flycatcher - (Mike only)
By my count this is the 5th incident of Connecticut Warbler at
overnor Bridge this Fall, though there could be more:
09/01: Me
9/09: Mikey Lutmerding
9/10: Me, probably the same individual from the day before
9/19: Tom Ostrowski
9/20: Mikey Lutmerding - likely a different one than the day before,
hich was found along the hedge rows on the farm

ontinuing with the Fall Count, next we headed to Schoolhouse Pond
here it was fairly quiet except for 215 flyby Laughing gulls and a
ingle Herring Gull. After Schoolhouse, we birded the Brown Station
andfill, where we had:
Wood Duck     3
allard     18
lue-winged Teal     7
reen-winged Teal    1
orthern Shoveler     1
ied-billed Grebe     1
ora     3     - My first in the county away from the Patuxent.
illdeer     10
potted Sandpiper     1
olitary Sandpiper     2
reater Yellowlegs     6
esser Yellowlegs     4
emipalmated Sandpiper     1
east Sandpiper     30
ectoral Sandpiper     12
At White Marsh Park in Bowie, we found: 2 Swainson's Thrushes and 1
ay-breasted Warbler, among the more common warblers. After a few
ther small stops, we ended the day at Fran Uhler where we had 1 first
all female Cape May Warbler.
In other news, while driving down Croom Station Road on Monday (9/20)
 caught a swarm of white waders out of the corner of my eye. After
urning around and finding a safe place to park on the almost
on-existent shoulder, I counted 42 Great Egrets and 9 Great Blue
erons in the small wetlands in between the road and the railroad
racks. This beats my second highest count for Great Egret in PG by
4.
Robert Ostrowski
rofton, MD