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Baltimore, Carroll (mostly) & Montgomery Counties

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Jim Green

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Jim Green

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Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:20:44 -0400

Hi Everybody: I did some birding yesterday morning and last evening sandwiched around Easter dinner. I visited Liberty Dam Road in Balt. Co. The gate was closed so I walked part of the way in. The air was filled with the songs of WOOD THRUSH, LA. WATERTHRUSH and OVENBIRDS. I also had my FOY WORM-EATING WARBLER AND SCARLET TANAGER. 

I spent most of the rest of the morning in Carroll County. I slowly drove WILT ROAD (accessed from the Rt. 407 end). I found 3 Horned Larks 2AMERICAN PIPITS IN A PLOWED FIELD. Another field had 2 singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS (foy) IN IT. 

I visited the NEW WINDSOR WETLANDS (off of Rt. 75). Several YELLOW WARBLERS (foy) were singing. I also saw one pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, one pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 6 WILSON'S SNIPE.

My next stop was the wetlands on BROWN ROAD. Here I saw 2 YELLOW WARBLERS and 2 SWAMP SPARROWS. FOY birds included 4 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. 1 EASTERN KINGBIRD and 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

After Easter dinner I spent an hour listening to and watching the American Bitterns previously reported by Jared Fisher at the Seneca Creek St. Pk. wetlands off of Riffleford Road. I was there from 6 PM to about 7 PM. I had talked to Dave Powell earlier and he felt that there were 3 different A. Bitterns in there. During my hour of watching and listening I feel that there were 4 different birds there. The one that Jared was able to get video of was easily seen assuming it is the same one. It had a very thick vertical black stripe on the neck. Another interesting observation was this same bird the entire time I was there showed what looked like to be twowhite patches on the back of the bird near the lower neck. I am sure that it is just white underfeathering that was exposed  but it was evident the entire time and the shape of this did not change the entire time. At one point I heard 3 different Bitterns vocalizing at the same time. On my walk in and out I also saw my foy GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER.

WORD OF WARNING: at one point as you walk in on the trail it is completely washed out and you need to walk down towards the stream to get around and back to the main trail. This short detour is very muddy so please be careful.

Jim Green
Gaithersburg, MD

work in moderation,BIRD IN EXCESS!!!

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