Inspired by Mike Hudson's posts, I visited Patterson Park this morning in hopes of seeing some of the migrants he reported. I may not have looked in the right places, as it was relatively quiet, but I was slightly surprised to see two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERs in dead branches of a tree near the old casino. I know it's not one for the record books, but I thought others might be interested that this species is making its return appearance to our area.

Leslie Starr
Baltimore

> Patterson Park, Baltimore, US-MD
> Sep 27, 2011 8:40 AM - 11:15 AM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 1.0 mile(s)
> Comments:     foggy, misty, occasionally windy, overcast
> 35 species
> 
> Canada Goose  25     flyover
> Mallard  X
> Great Blue Heron  1
> Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
> Cooper's Hawk  1
> Red-shouldered Hawk  1
> Ring-billed Gull  4
> Rock Pigeon  30
> Mourning Dove  1
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
> Chimney Swift  15
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
> Downy Woodpecker  1
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
> Eastern Wood-Pewee  5
> Eastern Phoebe  4
> Blue Jay  1
> American Crow  2
> Carolina Chickadee  3
> House Wren  1
> Swainson's Thrush  1
> Wood Thrush  1
> American Robin  20
> Gray Catbird  8
> Northern Mockingbird  2
> Brown Thrasher  5
> European Starling  30
> Black-and-white Warbler  4
> Common Yellowthroat  3
> American Redstart  4
> Northern Parula  2
> Scarlet Tanager  1
> Northern Cardinal  3
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1     heard only
> American Goldfinch  2
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)

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