"Thank you!" somehow just doesn't go nearly far enough to Ed and Stan
on their remarkable find this afternoon at Swan Creek!
I had just finished playing an event for the Wounded Warrior Project
with my band in Severna Park when I got the amazing news. I was
exhausted from waking today at 3:30AM, but somehow... I was suddenly
energized.
Here are my blurry shots.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/sets/72157626792302006/
Struggle through these blurry pics, and then later you can enjoy Bill
Hubick's batch. ; )
What an evening!
Good Birding,
Dan Haas
St. Margaret's, MD
nervousbirdsatgmail.com
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Dan Haas <> wrote:
> The bird just flew out and over the Key Bridge headed NW with a purpose. We will hold vigil for a bit. Everyone in Balt and points N look up and listen. The bird was very vocal!!
>
> Dan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 23, 2011, at 6:24 PM, "" <> wrote:
>
>> Stan Arnold and I are viewing a long billed curlew now at Swan Creek. The bird can be viewed by anyone tonight until dark. Come to office and you will see us. We are at the end of kembo road off fort Smallwood road in Anne! Runnel County.
>> Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Matt Hafner <>
>> To:
>> Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 20:41:01 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Susquehanna State Park and Night Listening
>>
>> 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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