Hi all,
I birded various places this past weekend, I started at Point Lookout State
Park on Saturday (20 August) and ended up in Garrett County Saturday night
into Sunday (21 August). At Point Lookout, the morning started great with a
calling flyover UPLAND SANDPIPER pre-dawn at the point, there were a few
warblers calling too, but they thinned out as the sun came up. EASTERN
KINGBIRDs put in a good show, and there were still a decent number of
ORCHARD ORIOLEs around for the date. Scoping the bay turned up one BLACK
TERN among the many COMMONs as well as 3 SANDWICH TERNs. I lucked into some
small groups of migrants in the scrub north of picnic area, and though the
number of individuals was low the diversity was pretty good, I ran into Fred
and Jane Fallon and we were able to turn up a few more birds.
I birded Piney Reservoir (Garrett CO) on Saturday night, where many of the
previously mentioned shorebirds were still present. Dawn at Finzel on
Sunday was quite rewarding with low numbers, but decent diversity,
highlighted by an early adult male CAPE MAY WARBLER. I checked Youghiogheny
Reservoir and had similar numbers and species as those reported earlier in
the week. When it started raining I checked as many bodies of water as I
could, but did not turn up any really interesting birds.
Photo of the Cape May Warbler can be seen at-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/
A few complete lists follow:
Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's, US-MD
Aug 20, 2011 5:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.8 mile(s)
Comments: w Fred and Jane Fallon for part of the morning
66 species (+2 other taxa)
Double-crested Cormorant 80
Brown Pelican 20
Great Blue Heron 13
Great Egret 1
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 Took an EAKI from midair in picnic area, then headed
back to the woods with another EAKI chasing after it
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Upland Sandpiper 1 Flyover calling in the dark, giving its rolling
pwit-it-it-it call several times
Least Sandpiper 3 2 were sitting in the puddle at the point when I
arrived in the dark
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 flew over the point calling
Short-billed Dowitcher 3 flying across Potomac
Laughing Gull 79
Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Caspian Tern 1
Black Tern 1 One bird in mostly breeding plumage, bat like flight noted
first, then as the bird got closer could see the black body and gray wings
Common Tern 41
Forster's Tern 15
Royal Tern 5
Sandwich Tern 3 Bird flying out over the bay, heard calling first.
Large tern all black bill with a yellow tip
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 1
Eastern Kingbird 16 Mostly migrating several groups flew out to the
point, circled then headed back to the trees and perched
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 17
crow sp. 5
Purple Martin 7
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 6
Brown-headed Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 9
House Wren 3
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 8
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 60
Ovenbird 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Summer Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 11
Blue Grosbeak 4
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird 22
Common Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 7 Careful count, 3 birds in the scrub by the picnic
area, another 4 in the scrub by the fort
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Piney Reservoir, Garrett, US-MD
Aug 20, 2011 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
14 species
Canada Goose 40
Mallard 6
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 27
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Cedar Waxwing 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Finzel Swamp, Garrett, US-MD
Aug 21, 2011 6:15 AM - 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
39 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 3
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Barn Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 3
House Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 8
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 205
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 5
Cape May Warbler 1 Adult male, my earliest, photos will be available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/ in short order
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 4
Scarlet Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Bobolink 1
American Goldfinch 2
Mt. Nebo WMA, Garrett, US-MD
Aug 21, 2011 10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: started raining mid way
20 species
Green Heron 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Common Raven 3
Black-capped Chickadee 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/
Croom, MD
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