Leah Culp and I had a great day at the Patuxent Refuge yesterday, lots of
activity, even at mid-day.
Highlights were a 1st year Mourning Warbler, Summer Tanager, and Blue
Grosbeak. 10 warbler spp. in all.
Ful list and details below.

Good Birding

Chris Tonra

Patuxent Research Refuge--South Tract, Prince George's, US-MD
Sep 10, 2011 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
45 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  15
Wood Duck  20
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  10
Black Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  5
Eastern Kingbird  3
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  1
crow sp.  2
Carolina Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  10
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Eastern Bluebird  15
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  5
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Mourning Warbler  1     (Good looks. 1st year bird. Distinct broken
eye-ring, no wing bars, yellow throat, belly and vent. Indistinct, broken
breast band. Fleshy/pink legs. Foraging low with large mixed species flock,
incl. 5 other warbler species, at junction of Cash Lake Trail and tram
road.)

Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  15
Summer Tanager  1     Multi-colored bird. Mottled orange-red and yellow,
large pale bill. Wings olive-greenish, not black. Larger bird than Scarlets
in same area. In mixed species flock at junction of Cash Lake and Laurel
Trails. Up high in pines eating large insects (not cicadas though).

Scarlet Tanager  7
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  1
Common Grackle  4
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  8

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