The Schoolhouse Pond Big Sit occurred today at the rear observation platform with observer(s) present from just before 7 AM until about 6:45 PM.  The weather was spectacular; cool in the morning, but warming up in the afternoon.  The Marlboro Flaming County Seaters tallied 64 species during  the day, including a few flyover raptors, lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers working the trees, many flyover gulls, and few ducks and shorebirds.  Highlights included several Bald Eagles, a Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, one Solitary Sandpiper, and a calling Marsh Wren.  Other highlights included the many, many Yellow-rumped Warblers working the trees near the observation platform, calling constantly throughout the day.  Raptors were relatively hard to come by today, but we did see 5 Bald Eagles, a lone Osprey, and one or two of the other "expected" species.  The two Northern Shovelers were my first of the fall at Schoolhouse Pond.  The total list is copied below:

Observers:  Fred Shaffer, Dave Mozurkewich, Dorothy Pough, Alan Pough, and Carolyn Sturtevant.

Schoolhouse Pond, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's, US-MD
Oct 9, 2011 6:59 AM - 6:46 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Schoolhouse Pond Big Sit.
64 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  49
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  18
Northern Shoveler  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Black Vulture  115
Turkey Vulture  52
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  3
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  490
Ring-billed Gull  18
Herring Gull  20
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  3
Barred Owl  1
Chimney Swift  13
Belted Kingfisher  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  14
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  7
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  34
American Crow  63
Fish Crow  33
crow sp.  32
Tree Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  17
Tufted Titmouse  7
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Carolina Wren  11
Marsh Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  6
American Robin  26
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  878
Cedar Waxwing  36
Common Yellowthroat  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  92
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
warbler sp.  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  7
Northern Cardinal  17
Red-winged Blackbird  64
Common Grackle  11
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Good birding,

Fred Shaffer
Crofton, Anne Arundel


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