Hi all --

Barry and I had actually intended to go to Rock Creek this morning, but 
heavy traffic and several "flag-man" delays (why are you doing road work 
during rush hour?) made us reconsider, do a "u"-turn and head back to 
home turf.

Thus we got to Brookside Gardens a bit later than ideal, but there was
still 
a lot of activity. Orioles were *everywhere*, as were Red-eyed Vireos. Fair 
selection of warblers, but the best (two TENNESSEES together, singing 
loudly) were in adjacent Wheaton Regional Park near Pine Lake. A 
delightful little LEAST FLYCATCHER, FOY, sallied out from a low oak. A 
late Ruby-crowned Kinglet fluttered nearby. After things quieted down we 
drive over to upper Sligo Creek Park, off Orbaugh, to find lots more bird 
song and several FOYs.

Birds seen (70 spp -- Sligo-only birds with *)

Common Loon - 5 (fly-over)
Green Heron - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 20+
Mallard - 6
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2*
Red-tailed Hawk - 1*
Solitary Sandpiper - 2*
Spotted Sandpiper - 1*
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (heard)
Chimney Swift - 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (drumming)
Acadian Flycatcher - 3
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 1 FOY
Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 20+
Warbling Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 2
Fish Crow - 5-6
American Crow - 2
crow spp. - 12
Tree Swallow - 4
Barn Swallow - 8
Tufted Tit - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
House Wren - 4
Carolina Wren - 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (late)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 9
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Veery - 2*
SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 3* FOY
Wood Thrush - 10
American Robin - 25+
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Gray Catbird - 30+
European Starling - present
Cedar Waxwing - 15
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (heard, assume B-W but could have been hybrid)
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 2 FOY
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 6
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler - 35+
Black-and-White Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (heard)*
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 4
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 1 FOY
Common Yellowthroat - 3
American Redstart - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 6
Eastern Towhee - 6
Chipping Sparrow - 15
Song Sparrow - 5
White-throated Sparrow - 1 
Northern Cardinal - 12
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 20+
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
Orchard Oriole - 1-2
Baltimore Oriole - 20
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 10
House Sparrow - 5-6

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD







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