Gail, 3 Kentucky Warblers for Catoctin seems like a good number, given how denuded the understory is in that park. Do you recall how thick the habitat was where you heard them?

Ross

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On May 12, 2012, at 3:06 PM, "Gail B. Mackiernan %3Ckatahdinss%40comcast.net%3E"<> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> Barry and I did our semi-annual drive along the Catoctin ridge this morning, primarily to catch up with birds we don't see too often anymore (e.g. Kentucky and Cerulean Warblers, which have declined precipitously in our area of MD). We exited Rt. 15 at Fish Hatchery Road, checked the ponds there and then drove up onto the ridge and mostly followed Tower Rd, with some side excursions, The wind direction seemed to bode well for a migratory flight but that really didn't happen. However the local breeders were there in force (want to see a LOT of Redstarts?) and we enjoyed excellent FOS looks at HOODED, KENTUCKY and CERULEAN WARBLERS, multiples of all three with good views as well. We had 15 species of warbler in all, but missed expected species such as Blackpoll, Bay-breast and Chestnut-sided. Red-eyed Vireos and Scarlet Tanagers were singing all along the drive, as well. A very pleasant morning although it shut down fairly soon. 
> 
> The Ceruleans were along Tower Rd., just north of its junction with Wigsville Rd. The nearest homeowner came out to ask what we were looking at and was very pleased to hear about the warblers. He is interested in birds and has several hummingbird feeders up (with hummers, though none graced us with their presence while we were there.) 
> 
> Full eBird list below: 
> 
> Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper 
> Colesville, MD 
> 
> Catoctin ridge, Frederick, US-MD 
> May 12, 2012 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM 
> Protocol: Traveling 
> 15.0 mile(s) 
> Comments: driving Fish Hatchery Rd - Mountaindale Rd - Tower Rd - Cunningham Falls Rd route; sunny & cool early, getting warm and quiet by late morning. Very few non-breeding migrants recorded. 
> 
> 67 species (+1 other taxa) 
> 
> Canada Goose 6 
> Great Blue Heron 1 
> Turkey Vulture 1 
> Osprey 1 
> Bald Eagle 1 
> Red-shouldered Hawk 2 
> Red-tailed Hawk 1 
> Spotted Sandpiper 1 
> Mourning Dove 3 
> Chimney Swift 4 
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 
> Downy Woodpecker 2 
> Northern Flicker 1 
> Pileated Woodpecker 4 
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 
> Acadian Flycatcher 6 
> Eastern Phoebe 3 
> Great Crested Flycatcher 6 
> Red-eyed Vireo 50 best estimate -- abundant all along route 
> Blue Jay 4 
> American Crow 3 
> Fish Crow 2 
> crow sp. 4 
> Tree Swallow 6 
> Barn Swallow 3 
> Carolina Chickadee 4 
> Tufted Titmouse 3 
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2 
> Carolina Wren 1 
> House Wren 2 
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 
> Eastern Bluebird 2 
> Swainson's Thrush 1 
> Wood Thrush 12 
> American Robin 8 
> Gray Catbird 4 
> Northern Mockingbird 3 
> European Starling 7 
> Cedar Waxwing 4 
> Ovenbird 25 best estimate; calling all along route 
> Worm-eating Warbler 3 
> Louisiana Waterthrush 2 
> Black-and-white Warbler 5 
> Kentucky Warbler 3 singing males on territory 
> Common Yellowthroat 1 
> Hooded Warbler 3 2 territorial males; 1 female gathering nesting material 
> American Redstart 25 best estimate; abundant all along route 
> Cerulean Warbler 3 three males singing north of Tower/Wigsville Rd. junction 
> Magnolia Warbler 1 
> Blackburnian Warbler 1 
> Yellow Warbler 1 
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 
> Black-throated Green Warbler 3 
> Eastern Towhee 5 
> Chipping Sparrow 4 
> Song Sparrow 2 
> Scarlet Tanager 30 best estimate; abundant all along route 
> Northern Cardinal 5 
> Indigo Bunting 3 
> Red-winged Blackbird 3 
> Common Grackle 8 
> Brown-headed Cowbird 2 
> Orchard Oriole 1 
> Baltimore Oriole 1 
> House Finch 3 
> American Goldfinch 6 
> House Sparrow 4 
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ( http://ebird.org ) 
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