Hi all --

Almost a case of "too many birds!" at WRP this morning -- there had been a
huge influx of sparrows and they were everywhere. Got rather tired of
sorting through the hundreds of White-throats! Quite a change in the mix --
warblers very sparse, except for BT Blues (NO Myrtles or Palms). Lots of
Kinglet and Phoebes, and as noted, a big push of sparrows...

Birds of Interest:

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5
Northern Flicker - 10
Eastern Phoebe - 9
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 1 (late)
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 (singing)
WINTER WREN - 3
HERMIT THRUSH - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 10 (most were fly-overs)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15
Gray Catbird - 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 15
Northern Parula - 2 (seems rather late)
Nashville Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 300+ (conservative estimate, could have been 400!)
Swamp Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 12
LINCOLN'S SPARROW - 2
Field Sparrow - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 50+
Dark-eyed Junco - 20+
Eastern Towhee - 20

I stood in one place for about 1/2 hour, at the peak of activity, and
counted 43 species without moving other than turning around. A "Big Stand!"

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD