My first Purple Finch at the ponds flew over, calling, this morning. Many records elsewhere in Maryland today too. Several small groups of Canada Geese and an Osprey also headed southwest.
chlorophonia
Oct 8, 2012
Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds
Traveling
1.21 miles
122 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Overcast, NW force 2, 45 F.
61 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Osprey
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
11 Mourning Dove
14 Chimney Swift
2 Belted Kingfisher
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Eastern Phoebe
72 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Fish Crow
4 Carolina Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
1 House Wren
20 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
4 Northern Mockingbird
11 European Starling
1 Magnolia Warbler
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Palm Warbler (Western)
5 Common Yellowthroat
2 Eastern Towhee
1 Field Sparrow
23 Song Sparrow
2 Lincoln's Sparrow
6 Swamp Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
17 Northern Cardinal
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Purple Finch -- 1 bird flying over, heading N, giving "pit, pit, pit" flight call.
16 American Goldfinch
4 House Sparrow
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