Monday at Hart-Miller the number of warblers was the biggest surprise.
Observers: Keith Costley, Bob Ringler, Charles Swift (former Baltimore
Countian visiting from Idaho), and Debbie Terry.
Canada Goose 16, including downy young
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 19
Baldpate 3
Black Duck 5
Mallard 25
Shoveler 3
Green-winged Teal 6
Lesser Scaup 10
Ruddy Duck 67
Pied-billed Grebe 20
DC Cormorant 33
LEAST BITTERN 3, heard only, one each in both marshes and the pond
Great Blue Heron 11
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 1 adult carrying fish toward nest site in woods
Peregrine 2, on Baylight tower
Virginia Rail 1, heard only
Coot 60
Black-bellied Plover 97
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 4
BLACK-NECKED STILT 2, in the west pit
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 300
Least Sandpiper 30
Dunlin 140
Short-billed Dowitcher 3, probably *griseus* by plumage, also heard calling
in flight
Bonaparte's Gull 5, one with full hood
Ring-billed Gull 18
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-back 17
Caspian Tern 175, highest single count of resting flock
Least Tern 36
Mourning Dove 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4, including one displaying male
Pewee 2
Willow Flycatcher 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1, heard only
Kingbird 7
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Unidentified Crow 2
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 20, one going into natural nest site in tree cavity
Rough-winged Swallow 1, Bob only
Barn Swallow 30
Carolina Wren 2
Marsh Wren 8
Catbird 14
Brown Thrasher 1, heard only
Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 12, including a courting pair
Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 24
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 female
Magnolia Warbler 7
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 females
Myrtle Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 female
Blackpoll Warbler 13, including some females
Black-&-white Warbler 2 females
Redstart 16, all plumages
Northern Waterthrush 1, heard only
Common Yellowthroat 46
Wilson's Warbler 1, Keith & Charles only
Canada Warbler 1 female
Chipping Sparrow 1, Charles only
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 6, one migrant in the woods, others singing on territory
Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 male flying over
Blue Grosbeak 8
Bobolink 2, one male (Debbie only), one female (everyone)
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 8
Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 9
Baltimore Oriole 1, Keith only
House Finch 4
Goldfinch 11
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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