Hi Everyone,
Ed Carlson and I checked Swan Creek yesterday (7/13) during a break in the rain. Highlights were a hen NORTHERN PINTAIL, arriving shorebirds, and the first LAUGHING GULLs of the season here. The Northern Pintail was the first summer record in eBird for the county, but Bob Ringler had one other record for this time frame - a drake at Swan Creek from 7/6/2007, found by Matt Grey. Thanks, Bob. Below is the full eBird list.
Before that, a quick note about the SCAUP that was present at Swan Creek through most of June, seen by many observers while looking for the Black-necked Stilts and Black Rail. There has been some question about the species, so I have changed my reports to "Greater/Lesser Scaup" in eBird to err on the conservative side. If anyone has additional documentation on that bird, please let me know off-line. I'll post a follow-up if we crack the case. Otherwise, I think a change to Greater/Lesser is appropriate.
Swan Creek Wetland--Cox Creek DMCF
Canada Goose--47
Mute Swan--2
Mallard--66
NORTHERN PINTAIL--1. ** Rare. Hen found today in the north dredge cell. My first in July in MD.
http://www.billhubick.com/images/201107/northern_pintail_hen_swan_creek_aa_md_20110713_documentation.jpg
CANVASBACK--1. * Rare. Continuing adult male. My first in July in MD.
http://www.billhubick.com/images/201107/canvasback_swan_creek_20110713_documentation.jpg
RUDDY DUCK--1. Adult in breeding plumage in north cell
Double-crested Cormorant--209
Great Blue Heron--11
Great Egret--2
Snowy Egret--4
Little Blue Heron--3
Cattle Egret--8
Green Heron--1
Black-crowned Night-Heron--1
Osprey--2
Killdeer--9
SPOTTED SANDPIPER--8. Behavior here highly suggestive of nesting. Has been present on all summer surveys, but not confirmed as nesting yet. Today we noted birds walking out of grassy areas far from water, one bird perching conspicuously on the top of a large sand and gravel hill.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS--7
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER--2
LEAST SANDPIPER--27
LAUGHING GULL--7. First of the season here.
Ring-billed Gull--18
Herring Gull (American)--103
Great Black-backed Gull--13
Least Tern--1. Flyover, calling.
Caspian Tern--1. Adult roosting in south cell.
Common Tern--2. Two adults on the river, perched on stakes, then flying around calling.
Mourning Dove--2
Belted Kingfisher--1
Downy Woodpecker--1
Hairy Woodpecker--1
Eastern Kingbird--2
Red-eyed Vireo--3
Blue Jay--1
American Crow--4
Barn Swallow--25
Carolina Chickadee--1
Tufted Titmouse--2
Carolina Wren--4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--2
American Robin--3
Northern Mockingbird--3
European Starling--120
Cedar Waxwing--1
Common Yellowthroat--5
Song Sparrow--4
Scarlet Tanager--2
Northern Cardinal--3
Blue Grosbeak--3
Indigo Bunting--5
Red-winged Blackbird--17
Common Grackle (Purple)--1
American Goldfinch--5
Non-avian: White-tailed Deer, Woodchuck (2), Common
Raccoon, Common Snapping Turtle, Northern Cricket Frogs, Green Frogs,
Orange Sulfur (1), Common Pondhawk (20), Common Whitetail (3), Widow
Skimmer (1), Needham's Skimmer (5), Wandering Glider (10), Black
Saddlebags (4), Carolina Saddlebags (1), Common Green Darner (1).
Some recent photos from California, if interested:
http://www.billhubick.com/photos/updates/20110710.php
Good birding,
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
http://www.billhubick.com
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