Hi All,
I birded Point Lookout most of Saturday with Fred and Jane Fallon, and John
Dennehy at various points, it was a great day with lots of birds seemingly
everywhere. I listened pre-dawn along Cornfield Harbor road and heard many
sparrows and warblers calling overhead as well as a single GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH. Arriving at the point just after light, it became apparent that
there was a bit of a fallout occurring, passerines were seen flying just
above the water out in the bay heading towards land, most were too far to ID
this continued until well after sunrise. Birds that could be ID'd were 2
YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKERs bounding in and a singe NELSON'S/SALTMARSH SPARROW
that was close enough to see the orange face and sides, as well as the
braces on the back (with scope), it headed straight into the phrag and could
not be relocated. I ended up running across 17 species of warblers in some
really impressive concentrations (full list/counts below). After the point,
i checked Long Neck road and located a single CATTLE EGRET with the cows.
Jo Anna and I also walked the dogs at Selby's Landing last evening, we were
pretty surprised to see and ADULT EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, I cant remember
exactly when I last saw an adult, but this seems quite late, on closer
inspection we noticed the bird only had one eye. We also spotted an adult
male HOODED WARBLER here.
Non-avian highlight was a Long-tailed Skipper hanging out in the Kudzu patch
north of the picnic area.
Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's, US-MD
Oct 1, 2011 6:20 AM - 1:42 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Fallout!!! Birds were all over the place, at first light,
passerines could be seen coming in off the water of the bay just above the
waves, saw about 23 birds doing this, certainly missed more
87 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 6
Double-crested Cormorant 130
Brown Pelican 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 11
Turkey Vulture 23
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 12 one group had 8 individuals
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 12
Peregrine Falcon 1
Sanderling 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Laughing Gull 68
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 21
Great Black-backed Gull 65
gull sp. 30
Forster's Tern 14
Royal Tern 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Still around in beginning of month
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6 2 were seen flying in off of the
water just before sunrise!
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 all Juveniles, probably the last time this year I
will see that many..
Eastern Phoebe 7
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 22
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 2 Still around in beginning of month
Carolina Chickadee 9
Brown-headed Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 9
House Wren 16 Seemingly everywhere in the park
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 Blue-gray in color, white belly, white outer
tail feathers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 11
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 55 Pretty much everywhere! Thickest concentration was 19
ind.
Northern Mockingbird 7
Brown Thrasher 6
European Starling 40
Cedar Waxwing 6
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1 Heard chipping hard metallic chip, seen
relatively well, eye line uniform thickness behind the eye
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 14 One group had 5 ind.
American Redstart 11
Cape May Warbler 9
Northern Parula 19
Magnolia Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 2 Both young birds, all pale yellow warbler, getting
late
Blackpoll Warbler 11
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Palm Warbler (Western) 8
Pine Warbler 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 26
Prairie Warbler 2 One adult male, one female/juv., Photos of both.
Yellow black streaks below, Greenish back, black D shaped mark around eye
(male), whites in tail
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow 1 one bird seen flying in off the water
after sunrise, watched in scope, Short-tailed chunky sparrow, pale orange
sides and face were about the same color, braces on back were apparent, pale
belly.
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 1
Long Neck Road, St. Mary's, US-MD
Oct 1, 2011 1:58 PM - 2:17 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
14 species
Great Egret 1
Cattle Egret 1 Still one in the cow pasture, small heron, walking
around the cows, short, short stout yellow bill
Turkey Vulture 16
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Mourning Dove 1
Tree Swallow 6
Eastern Bluebird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 12
Palm Warbler (Western) 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Patuxent River Park--Selby's Landing, Prince George's, US-MD
Oct 1, 2011 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: W/ Jo Anna
28 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 5
Black Vulture 4
Laughing Gull 20
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Adult!! White wingbars, photos. Upon closer
inspection, it became apparent that the bird only had one eye, perhaps
explaining it lingering
Eastern Phoebe 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Eastern Bluebird 8
Gray Catbird 5
European Starling 26
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 1 Adult male, full black hood, yellow below, greenish
above, tail whites obvious
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 1
Rusty Blackbird 8
blackbird sp. 30
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/
Croom, MD
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