Checklist S148247038

Observations

1. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  28

2. Blue-winged Teal

   Number observed:  9

   Details

   flock flew in and landed on pond

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3. Mallard

   Number observed:  4

4. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

   Number observed:  35

   Exotic: Naturalized

5. Mourning Dove

   Number observed:  2

6. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

   Number observed:  1

7. Killdeer

   Number observed:  4

8. Semipalmated Plover

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   juv and adult

9. Wilson's Phalarope

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   *rare; juv present early on with Lesser Yellowlegs, allowing for quick digiscopes, and then flew off and I did not relocate in following 20 min. Fortunately Dan Small et al. had seen it from the opposite site.

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10. Lesser Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    juv

11. Greater Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    juv

12. White-rumped Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *rare; continuing adult

13. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  10

14. Pectoral Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    present early but seemingly flew off calling

15. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    juv

16. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  6

17. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  4

18. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  1

19. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  12

20. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  4

21. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  12

22. Little Blue Heron

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    juv; one seen flying past marsh and one briefly in pond and then flying out

23. Tricolored Heron

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *rare; juv; continuing; ph (all-time county bird?)

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24. Snowy Egret

    Number observed:  105

    Details

    *high; exact count 1x1of 98 on pond with additional ones added when seen flying in

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25. Green Heron

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    all on pond

26. Great Egret

    Number observed:  8

27. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  4

28. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  1

29. Osprey (American)

    Number observed:  2

30. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    adult near nest and others in flight north towards narrows

31. Red-headed Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    flyover ad as I was leaving

32. Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)

    Number observed:  1

33. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  1

34. Eastern Wood-Pewee

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code

    Breeding Code: No code (Observed) Learn More

    Behavior Code: S Singing Bird

    Too late in year to safely assume breeding: This observation is too late in the year to assume the species is still on its breeding territory, or this is an unusually late date for this specific code or behavior. If you believe the bird is still on territory, please include comments. Learn More

35. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

36. American Crow

    Number observed:  7

37. Carolina Chickadee

    Number observed:  6

38. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  2

39. Barn Swallow (American)

    Number observed:  1

40. Brown-headed Nuthatch

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    near viewing platforms on east side

41. Northern House Wren (Northern)

    Number observed:  1

42. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  6

43. European Starling

    Number observed:  1

    Exotic: Naturalized

44. Brown Thrasher

    Number observed:  1

45. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  7

46. Eastern Bluebird

    Number observed:  1

47. American Robin

    Number observed:  2

48. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  1

49. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  3

50. Chipping Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

51. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  1

52. Bobolink

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    calling birds leaving causeway roost at dawn

53. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)

    Number observed:  20

54. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  1

55. Pine Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code

    Breeding Code: No code (Observed) Learn More

    Behavior Code: S Singing Bird

    Too late in year to safely assume breeding: This observation is too late in the year to assume the species is still on its breeding territory, or this is an unusually late date for this specific code or behavior. If you believe the bird is still on territory, please include comments. Learn More

56. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    **early; while walking along the marsh edge behind the pond platform I heard the familiar “check” contact call of Myrtle Warbler. Looking up in a short Loblolly was a molting adult female, showing a dark mask, heavy streaking on the breast and sides, bold yellow spots on the breast sides, a short molting tail with large white tail spots below; it fed there while I got audio (my SLR battery was dead) and then flew up in high pines where there was also a silent molting Yellow-throated; unusually early record although molting adults have some precedent for juveniles (not usually adults though) appearing S of breeding grounds in late Aug/early Sep. This year has, however, been exceptional for early adult warblers with many molting adult Bay-breasted and Cape Mays S of Canada (e.g., Boston area), as well as Blackpolls and maybe Swainson’s Thrushes--adult Myrtle Warbler is likely also part of this pattern and suggests a broad push of molt migrants S of boreal Canada where these species usually molt, presumably because of the Canadian fires that started in June. My second August record in Maryland; previous one in Allegany Co.: https://ebird.org/checklist/S9460768

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57. Yellow-throated Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    adult on tail molt in pines

58. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  4

59. Blue Grosbeak

    Number observed:  2

    Breeding & Behavior Code

    Breeding Code: No code (Observed) Learn More

    Behavior Code: S Singing Bird

    Too late in year to safely assume breeding: This observation is too late in the year to assume the species is still on its breeding territory, or this is an unusually late date for this specific code or behavior. If you believe the bird is still on territory, please include comments. Learn More

60. Indigo Bunting

    Number observed:  1