Hi all -

Sunshine at Wheaton Park but lots of noise as they are working on road 
repaving & regrading and also, the children's playground. This seemed to 
really dampen activity near the picnic area. We found most of the birds on 
the west side of Pine Lake, the usual "hot spot." We didn't do much of 
Brookside Gardens so may have missed birds. An odd dearth of raptors 
considering the fine weather. Had our FOY Ovenbirds, however! Nice to 
hear...

Birds seen (42 spp.):

Great Blue Heron - 2
Canada Goose - 8
Mallard - 1
Wood Duck - 2
Turkey Vulture - 3
Mourning Dove - 8
Chimney Swift - 2-3
Northern Flicker - 5
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 4
Crow sp. - 8-10 flyovers
Tree Swallow - 4
Tufted Tit - 8
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 35+
HERMIT THRUSH - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 12
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler - 35+
Palm Warbler (yellow) - 6
OVENBIRD - 3 FOY
Eastern Towhee - 10+
Field Sparrow - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 20+
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 5-6 (most heard only)
Dark -eyed Junco - 6
Northern Cardinal - 10
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Brown-headed Cowbird - 6
Common Grackle - 15
House Finch - 3-4
American Goldfinch - 10+
House Sparrow - 3

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD












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