Hi all,

Again, very active today at Wheaton Regional Park (we also checked 
Brookside Nature Center later in the morning). Rather a change in the 
mix: BIG incursion of White-throated Sparrows and Myrtle Warblers, plus 
many Kinglets of both species and our FOS Juncoes, the number of 
Blue-headed Vireos back to "seasonal norm", still 11 species of warbler 
with first (for us) Blackpolls and Bay-breasts. But the best bird was a HY 
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, very tame and confiding, feeding in small 
scattered trees near the new children's playground. Even more Phoebes 
and B-T Greens today, but no Palms (very odd) and only one lonely 
Yellowthroat.

One thing nice about visiting the same area almost daily is the chance to 
observe the course of migration through the season. Definitely the "air" of 
autumn today...

Birds of interest:

Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1 imm.
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 2 (fly-overs)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (nearly ran into us while chasing doves)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO - 1 HY
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 20+ (everywhere!)
Empid sp, - 1 (got away before a good look, but showed almost no 
eyering and rather dull so probably a "Traill's")
Blue-headed Vireo - 6
Red-eyed Vireo - 8
House Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1 FOS
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 20+
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 25+
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Gray Catbird - 20+
Northern Parula - 3
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Cape May Warbler - 1 female
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 15+
Black-throated Green Warbler - 20+
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler - 45+
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 bright fall male FOS
Blackpoll Warbler - 5 FOS
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 15+
Swamp Sparrow - 3
Dark-eyed Junco - 2 FOS
White-throated Sparrow - 65+

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD










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