Hi all --

A bit slower than expected today -- birds seemed scattered and no real mixed
flocks seen. However lots of FOYs, with Wood Thrushes singing everywhere
now, first Veery heard, several FOY warblers. We did the Pine Lake area,
then drove over to upper Sligo Creek Park (off Orbaugh) and then finished
with a stroll around the Wheaton Park Nature Center where we had a nice
Red-breasted Nuthatch at the feeders and both Orioles in the trees. Lots of
Blue Jays flying overhead and a few raptors as well.

Birds seen (60 spp.):

Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 12
Mallard - 3
Wood Duck - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Mourning Dove - 6
Chimney Swift - 6-7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
Blue-headed Vireo - 12 (!)
Red-eyed Vireo - 2 FOY
Blue Jay - 25+ (mostly fly-overs)
Fish Crow - 2
American Crow - 6
Crow sp. - 12
Tree Swallow - 3
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Tit - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 1 FOY
House Wren - 2
Carolina Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher - 15
Eastern Bluebird - 2
VEERY - 1 FOY
WOOD THRUSH - 7 FOY
American Robin - 35+
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Gray Catbird - 5
European Starling - 8
NASHVILLE WARBLER 1 FOY (male singing)
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler - 20
Black-and-White Warbler - 4
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER - 1 FOY
(another birder had a Yellow Warbler)
Ovenbird - 8
Common Yellowthroat - 1
SCARLET TANAGER - 3
Eastern Towhee - 11
Field Sparrow - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 20+
Song Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 15
Northern Cardinal - 8
INDIGO BUNTING - 1 FOY (male)
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 30
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
ORCHARD ORIOLE - 2 FOY
BALTIMORE ORIOLE - 4
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 15
House Sparrow - 3

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD

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