Winger West, Dave Brenneman and I scoured the area where the Yellow-headed Blackbird had been sighted from around 7:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday with no success. The only flocking action was by European Starlings and American Crows. Approximately 15 Red-winged Blackbirds flew over, and we had a flock of one Brown-headed Cowbird.

We had nice sparrows further down on Long Neck Road along with an American Kestral.
 
On Camp Brown Road we had a Merlin (Dave Brenneman got some good pictures).

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD


Here's our list for that general St. Mary's County area including Point Lookout  (approximate numbers):
 
Canada Goose        30
Common Loon        2
Double-crested Cormorant        30
Great Blue Heron    1
Turkey Vulture        25
Black Vulture        1
Northern Harrier      2
Bald Eagle            2
Red-shouldered Hawk              1
Red-tailed Hawk              2
American Kestrel          1
Merlin                  1
Killdeer                1
Laughing Gull       2
Herring Gull          20
Great Black-backed Gull             10
Forster's Tern       10
Rock Pigeon         10
Mourning Dove       20
Red-bekkued Woodpecker     4
Northern Flicker                8
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe               1
Blue Jay                  4
American Crow                  50
Tree Swallow            4
Carolina Chickadee            20
Brown Creeper           1
Brown-headed Nuthatch              8
Carolina Wren            8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                4
Eastern Bluebird        50
American Robin                  2
Brown Thrasher         1
Northern Mockingbird           4
Eastern Starling                100
Yellow-Rumped Warbler               50
Palm Warbler (E)       1
Eastern  Towhee                 1
Chipping Sparrow       10
Savannah Sparrow       20
Song Sparrow             20
White-throated Sparrow                2
White-crowned Sparrow               4
Northern Cardinal                5
Eastern Meadowlark          20
Red-winged Blackbird           15
Brown-headed Cowbird               1
House Finch              10
American Goldfinch                30
House Sparrow            1
 
Total species 51