Hi all,
Yet another really good day at Wheaton Regional Park -- we had another
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER early (about 7:15) on snags behind the
dying oak at the Shorefield Picnic Area -- these snags are projecting from
a living oak in someone's back yard, in a direct line behind the dying
tree.
It could even be the same HY bird as Monday's, also showing a rather
pale and streaked "vest" -- quite unlike the dark bird which had been
frequenting Brookside Gardens (but not seen today).
Unlike yesterday, the action started with a bang at about 7:30 in vines and
trees behind the white house with a flock of mostly Chestnut-sided
Warblers with Red-eyed Vireos -- and continued (with more diversity) into
the vines beside the train tracks and then, along the west side of Pine
Lake. Speaking of Pine Lake, we also saw a distant bird which looked
suspicious (in shape and posture) on the snags where Jared Fisher had
his OSFC Sunday -- but it flew off before iwe could get close enough.
There are a LOT of Pewees about so caution is needed.
It is always interesting to visit the same area and see the difference a
day
makes. Not a Scarlet Tanager to be seen today, and the only
Blackburnian was seen by Jared (whom we met at the train-track vines).
Again, there were a lot of flycatchers and a good mixture of warblers, we
had 9 species and Jared the 10th.
We did mostly the Park, just ran through the Garden's visitor center lot to
check the snags, and also spent 10 minutes in the area around the
Nature Center, adding little.
Birds of interest:
Green heron - 5
Great Blue Heron - 1
Chimney Swift -- only 2-3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
(many Downies and Flickers about, all very active and vocal.)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1
Eastern Wood-pewee - est. 10
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 1
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 1 (adult in heavy moult)
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 1
Empid sp. - 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 18-20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 8
Eastern Bluebird - 2-3
Veery - 2 imm. chasing eachother
Wood Thrush - 2 (heard only)
Cedar Waxwing - 1 (odd to see just one)
Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (typical individuals)
Nashville Warbler - 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 10 at least (6 in one flock)
Magnolia Warbler - 4
Black-and-White Warbler - 3
(Blackburnian Warbler - 1, Jared Fisher)
PRAIRIE WARBLER - 1 (unusual here, bright male)
Canada Warbler - 5
WORM-EATING WARBLER - 1 (Jared told us about this, we went back and
fortunately it was still around!)
American Redstart - 4-5
Eastern Towhee - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 3-4
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD
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