Notable new birds in and around the scrubland section of the Patapsco Valley
State Park:

Blue-winged Warbler   FOY 5/1 heard-only
Yellow-breasted Chat   FOY 5/5 heard-only

White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)     FOY 5/4 at feeder
Scarlet Tanager     FOY 5/5 heard-only
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     FOY beautiful male briefly at feeder 5/4
Indigo Bunting     FOY 5/2


Also first Eastern Bluebirds (5) hatched on Saturday 4/30!


Felicia Lovelett
Sykesville (Howard County)



This morning's eBird list (not as birdy as hoped):

Location:     Patapsco Scrubland
Observation date:     5/5/11
Notes:     Drive/front scrub/low pipe/WH /coop/parkfield yard+barn Sunny,
wind 0-5, ground wet @mow 48-54F 7:40-9:10 AM 1.35 miles
Number of species:     44

Canada Goose     2     /h
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     4
hawk sp.     1     RSHA? bvd
Mourning Dove     3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1     scrub
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2     /h
Eastern Phoebe     1     barn on nest
Eastern Kingbird     5
White-eyed Vireo     9     2 view+
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     10
Tree Swallow     7     box 2a,3,4,6
Barn Swallow     25
Carolina Chickadee     2     /h
Tufted Titmouse     4     /h
Carolina Wren     3
House Wren     2     box 1b
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1     scrub emow
Eastern Bluebird     7     4m 3f box 1,2b,4a,5
Gray Catbird     23
Northern Mockingbird     2
Brown Thrasher     1     /h
European Starling     3
Blue-winged Warbler     2     /h scrub emow
Yellow Warbler     4     /h
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1     /h emow
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2     view+ scrub milkweed trail
Prairie Warbler     1     /h scrub
Louisiana Waterthrush     1     /h pipeline
Yellow-breasted Chat     1     FOY /h scrub milkweed trail
Eastern Towhee     5     /h
Chipping Sparrow     1     /E
Field Sparrow     2     /h
Song Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     3     /h /BSF emow
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)     1     feeder (FOY 5/4)
Scarlet Tanager     1     /h FOY pipeline
Northern Cardinal     6
Indigo Bunting     4     /h (FOY 5/2)
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
Baltimore Oriole     3     /h
House Finch     1     /h
Pine Siskin     4     feeder only
American Goldfinch     9

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

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