I spent a bit of time this morning around 9 AM (when I first saw it yesterday) looking in the same area of yesterday' s Swallowtail Kite sightings, but there was nothing really up yet. No vultures (there were several seen yesterday), no 'land raptors' (there are always osprey and eagles up early here), not even many swallows or swifts. Hopefully it will be resighted... 

I saw it yesterday from Tower Drive (at Kent Point Road, 9 AM), Twin Cove Road (9:30ish), Northwest Creek Drive (between 10-11:20), and (poorly) from my rooftop in Tower Gardens (around 11:40).

On a notably lesser note, I did have a Veery in my yard this morning... and lots of nice warblers and other migrants at Matapeake State Park earlier today  (report below).

Mark Schilling



Location:     Matapeake State Park
Observation date:     4/25/11
Notes:     Perfect weather; many warblers, other migrants in small wet woodland area on south side of entrance road...
Number of species:     55

Mallard     2     Dropped out of a tree into woodland puddle... maybe they are wood ducks wannabes...
Bufflehead     1
Double-crested Cormorant     17
Great Blue Heron     1
Osprey     1
Laughing Gull     15
Great Black-backed Gull     7
Mourning Dove     3
Chimney Swift     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     11
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Yellow-throated Vireo     1     Seen, and heard several times.
Blue-headed Vireo     1     Seen and heard...
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     3
Fish Crow     2
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     3
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
House Wren     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Wood Thrush     2
American Robin     7
Gray Catbird     5     Expected...
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     3
Blue-winged Warbler     1     Heard many times, then seen several times up close.
Northern Parula     2     Heard many times, but not seen.
Chestnut-sided Warbler     2     Heard many times, then seen several times up close.
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1     Heard many times, then seen several times up close.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     55     Of course, everywhere, making it tough to find other moving warblers..
Black-throated Green Warbler     1     Heard many times, but not seen.
Pine Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     1     Heard many times, but not seen.
Black-and-white Warbler     3     Heard many times, then seen several times up close.
Ovenbird     1     Heard many times, but not seen.
Kentucky Warbler     2     Heard many times, then seen up close.
Eastern Towhee     3
Song Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     9
Northern Cardinal     4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1     Heard a few times, but not seen.
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Common Grackle (Purple)     2
Brown-headed Cowbird     3
Baltimore Oriole     1     Heard a few times, but not seen.
House Finch     4
American Goldfinch     3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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