Last night there was a very good flight of thrushes over our house in Forest Hill. I was a little surprised given how windy it was and that did hinder my listening a bit. Not sure if the wind was worse than road noise though.
I kept fairly accurate count from 10pm to 11pm and was able to hear the following species:
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 5 minimum number of birds, could have been more.
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 1 Suprisingly just one, last time I heard Dunlin at night in Bel Air, there were dozens
Veery 100 estimated to be 1/3 of Swainson's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush 24 exact count
Bicknell's Thrush 5 exact count, high ratio for Bel Air night listening, previous late May numbers were more typically 1 BITH for every 8 to 10 GCTH
Swainson's Thrush 300 estimated 5/min over two 5 min periods
Common Yellowthroat 3
warbler sp. 48 8 were Canada/Wilson's type notes, ~30 Blackpoll-type zeep notes
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 15
passerine sp. 15 unidentified thrushlike calls
This morning Kim and I birded Susquehanna State Park with Lauren Deaner. Aside from Blackpolls, true migrants were scarce, but we did have 2 Canada Warblers. Full list from eBird below.
Susquehanna SP, Harford, US-MD
May 23, 2011 7:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Birded from Rock Run to Picnic Area
63 species
Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Blue Heron 8
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Barred Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 7
Acadian Flycatcher 28 Carefully counted with a clicker, filter needs to be updated
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 12
American Crow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 9
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 12
Cedar Waxwing 15
Northern Parula 5
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 21 carefully counted with a clicker
Cerulean Warbler 7 5 singing males along Deer Creek, 2 singing male along ridge between Rock Run and Deer Creek
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 18
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 7
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
Canada Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 14
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 14
Orchard Oriole 9
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 18
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding!
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 5 minimum number of birds, could have been more.
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 1 Suprisingly just one, last time I heard Dunlin at night in Bel Air, there were dozens
Veery 100 estimated to be 1/3 of Swainson's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush 24 exact count
Bicknell's Thrush 5 exact count, high ratio for Bel Air night listening, previous late May numbers were more typically 1 BITH for every 8 to 10 GCTH
Swainson's Thrush 300 estimated 5/min over two 5 min periods
Common Yellowthroat 3
warbler sp. 48 8 were Canada/Wilson's type notes, ~30 Blackpoll-type zeep notes
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 15
passerine sp. 15 unidentified thrushlike calls
This morning Kim and I birded Susquehanna State Park with Lauren Deaner. Aside from Blackpolls, true migrants were scarce, but we did have 2 Canada Warblers. Full list from eBird below.
Susquehanna SP, Harford, US-MD
May 23, 2011 7:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Birded from Rock Run to Picnic Area
63 species
Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Blue Heron 8
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Barred Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 7
Acadian Flycatcher 28 Carefully counted with a clicker, filter needs to be updated
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 12
American Crow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 9
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 12
Cedar Waxwing 15
Northern Parula 5
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 21 carefully counted with a clicker
Cerulean Warbler 7 5 singing males along Deer Creek, 2 singing male along ridge between Rock Run and Deer Creek
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 18
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 7
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
Canada Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 14
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 14
Orchard Oriole 9
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 18
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding!
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
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