Sorry for the delay, it's tough to spend any time indoors these days.  Some nice birds seen earlier Saturday were both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Hermit Thrush, one Blue-Winged Teal, Gadwall, Wood Ducks, and at least a hundred barn, tree, and rough-winged swallows.  A Hooded Merganser had 3 chicks following her - I'm glad to report they were still around Sunday afternoon - there are many snappers in the main pond.  Also saw a Great-crested Flycatcher.

On Thursday (4/26), when birding with the students, we spotted a Little Blue Heron, and I saw a Least Tern as I was leaving.  Last year the first Least Tern showed up April 24th.

Ruth Bergstrom
Abingdon, MD



--- On Sat, 4/28/12, Timothy Houghton <> wrote:

> From: Timothy Houghton <>
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Blackpoll, Harford Glen, 4/28
> To: 
> Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 12:17 PM
> I ran into Ruth Bergstom and her dog
> Ginger and birded with them for a little while. Ruth had
> birded earlier in the morning and found some really nice
> birds that I didn't get. Maybe she'll choose to post what
> she saw.
> 
> I'm aware of the difficulties of identifying a female
> blackpoll, but spring is easier than fall, and I got some
> good looks. When I first saw it, I noted its drab appearance
> and white wings bars and called out pine warbler--but I knew
> something was wrong. Other looks made it clear that pine was
> out of the question. The streaking above and below, the gray
> color, the wing bars--it could only be a female
> blackpoll.  (I neglected to note the color of the
> legs.)
> 
> Good activity in several spots today. Some of the birds:
> 
> BLACKPOLL (1, female)
> Palm (1, western)
> Black-and-White (3)
> Common Yellowthroat (widespread)
> Ovenbird (1)
> Yellow (5)
> Yellow-Rumped (lots)
> 
> Blue-Headed Vireo (1)
> Red-Eyed Vireo (2)
> Warbling Vireo (5)
> White-Eyed Vireo (1)
> 
> Great Egret (3)
> Orchard Oriole (2, male, female)
> Solitary Sandpiper (1)
> Coot (1)
> Pied-Billed Grebe (1)
> RC Kinglet (1)
> Green Heron (1)
> 
> And the famous large goose "Big Daddy." I'm surprised not to
> have heard a single parula and not a single phoebe. Lots of
> swallows, dive-bombing.
> 
> Tim Houghton 
> (Glen Arm) 
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