Hi all --
Cool, overcast and breezy did not make for the best birding conditions but nevertheless, a couple of "firsts of year" and an usual species for this site -- saw two GRAY CATBIRDS in WRP, one was singing, as well as a singing HOUSE WREN -- both FOS. Also, a SAVANNAH SPARROW, not a rare bird by any means but unusual for this site -- it was foraging on the grass near the carousel. Saw with some dismay the park folks have cut down the huge dying oak near the Shorefield picnic area that last year hosted multiple Olive-sided FCs -- still some snags about but none as enticing. Other than that, pretty much the expected. Good to see the Barn Swallows back at the Gude Gardens. Too much noise at the Nature Center for me or birds -- do they really need to use a leaf-blower to move about 100 dry leaves about?
Complete eBird list below.
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
Wheaton Regional Park and Brookside Gardens, Montgomery, US-MD
Apr 17, 2012 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: sunny morning soon became overcast; cool, breezy, not much sign of migration but two firsts of year.
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2 at nest in Gude Gardens
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 4
crow sp. 3
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1 singing male, FOS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 2 pair at nest box
American Robin 35 "best estimate"
Gray Catbird 2 FOS
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 "Myrtle" ssp.
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 1 unusual for this site; foraging on grassy lawn near carousel
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 4
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