Wheaton Regional Park today August 20

[Gail Mackiernan]

Hi all,

Despite the weak cold front, a pretty slow day. The influx of orioles was gone and other than a single small warbler flock near the white house, we saw few migrants. FOS were Blackburnian and Chestnut-sided Warblers.  Beautiful morning, just very quiet.

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper

Colesville, MD

43 species (+3 other taxa)

Birds of interest:

Wood Duck  3
Green Heron  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  6
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  5
Acadian Flycatcher  2
Empidonax sp.  2
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Barn Swallow (American)  12
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  7
Cedar Waxwing  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Blackburnian Warbler  1     FOS
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1     FOS
Chipping Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  3
Baltimore Oriole  5

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38729870

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