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Big migration at Black walnut point

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Dave Palmer

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Dave Palmer

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Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:36 -0400

I got out early to find migrants at Black Walnut Point in Talbot County 
before heading to work.  I was later joined by Les Coble, Vince De Sanctis, 
Charles Hopkins and Camille Woodbury.  We had a fairly good migrant push 
(early they were mostly moving north though) in the wooded area north of 
Black Walnut Point.  15 species of warblers, including an early 
yellow-rumped.  Large numbers of Magnolia and Redstarts.  First of season 
Swainson's Thrush (3 travelling together) was a nice bonus in addition to a 
large number of orioles, also flying northward early. I had to leave the 
area at 8:30 but others continued on and may add to the list. The complete 
list of birds observed is summarized below.

Aug 30, 2011 6:40 AM - 8:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
42 species (+1 other taxa)
Dave Palmer, Les Coble, Vince De Sanctis, Charles Hopkins and Camille 
Woodbury

Blue-winged Teal  4     small teal flying west
Wild Turkey  2     flew off of roost in large pine
Snowy Egret  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Laughing Gull  1
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Least Flycatcher  1
Empidonax sp.  1     very green body but brief look only
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  1
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Veery  1
Swainson's Thrush  3     Good looks at 3 sitting quietly in pine tree
Ovenbird  2
Worm-eating Warbler  1     Seen by Les
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Kentucky Warbler  1     Seen by Les and Vince
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  15
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  20
Blackburnian Warbler  1     Seen by Dave
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1     seen by Charles only - early in the season but 
good look
Prairie Warbler  1     seen by Les
Canada Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Baltimore Oriole  40     large movement of Orioles - flying north
American Goldfinch  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)

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Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:34 AM
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Big warbler day @ Wheaton regional Park today

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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