Hi all,

We had hoped today would finally bring a nice passage of migrants and it 
did, in spades. Barry and I agree it was probably the largest fall-out of 
warblers we have had in August. However with just the two of us and a lot 
of area, we were lucky if we got onto 50% of the birds. It was very active 
from about 7:45 to about 9:30 AM, then died suddenly with just a few 
scattered birds still foraging.

It could be called "The Day of the Blackburnian" as they seemed to be 
everywhere and in multiples together, chasing each other through the 
trees. We ended up with 14 species of warbler and wondered what we 
might have missed! Interestingly, some other migrants were scarce -- 
only two tanagers and no orioles, for example, although vireos and 
flycatchers were around in fair number.  Most of the activity was in the 
trees along the west side of Pine Lake and into Brookside Gardens along 
the wooded edge bordering the Gude Gardens.

Birds of interest:

Green Heron - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 7
Eastern Wood-pewee - 10
Acadian Flycatcher - 3 (incl. young bird with adult)
"Traill's" Flycatcher -- 1 dullish bird, probable Willow
Empid sp. - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 4 or 5, incl. one singing
Red-eyed Vireo - ~12
Warbling Vireo - 1 fresh fall bird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Eastern Bluebird -- heard only, fly-overs
Wood Thrush - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1 (heard)
Tennesee Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 15+
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Black and White Warbler - 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 18 at least! (Of these, only one obvious 
adult male, perhaps 4-5 probable adult females and the rest were dullish 
HY birds)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 8
Canada Warbler - 1
WILSON'S WARBLER - 1 female
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2
American Redstart - 20+
Scarlet Tanager - 2 females
Eastern Towhee - 4
Chipping Sparrow - 6 (one feeding a tiny fledgling).

Quite a few Robins, Blue Jays and Catbirds about as well. 

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD












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