11/8/84 - 24/8/84 Washington DC, USA

USA Washington DC    11^th August to 24^th August 1984

 

11^th August : Arrived Baltimore Airport in late afternoon and drove to Rockville spending evening birding.

 

12^th August : Drove over the Bay Bridge to Port Mahon and onto Little Creek and finally onto Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

 

13^th August : Visited the C&O Canal and Seneca State Park along the Potomac River close to Rockville and on to Sycamore Landing.

 

14^th August : Again visited the C&O Canal at Seneca and then onto Alexandra to look at the Potomac there. We then returned to Rockville and walked to some local woods behind the School. In the evening we took a drive out to Hughes Corner.

 

15^th August : Drove to Bombay Hook and then on to Little Creek again.

 

16^th August : Again visited the C&O Canal and a nearby Turf Farm. Drove into Washington DC in the evening.

 

17^th August : Visited the Harrington State Park in the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia and then on to the Swallowtail Falls.

 

18^th August : Visited Chincoteague, first checking the migrant patch which is known as the Pony Trail before onto Swan Cove, Snow Goose Pool and finally down to the Hook.

 

19^th August : Visited the Sandy Point State Park and then a brief look around the ringing station not far from Rockville.

 

20^th August : Visited Chincoteague with a look along the Pony Trail before a look down the end of The Hook.

 

21^st August : Visited the Pony Trail and then on to the Wildlife Trail and then on to Swan Cove and another walk to the end of The Hook before driving the Wildlife Trail at dusk.

 

22^nd August : First visited the Pony Trail then on to Swan Cove and the Wildlife Trail and then drove Elliott’s Island before back to Rockville.

 

23^rd August : Visited the Great Falls Reserve in Virginia keeping to the Swamp Trail and a quick look at the nearby Third Reserve.

 

24^th August : Visited the ringing station and then onto the Baltimore Airport for the afternoon flight back to Stanstead Airport.

 

 

 

 

Systematic List

 

Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps podiceps C

Only seen twice with 4 seen on the pool at Little Creek near Bombay Hook on the 15^th and 1 seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis C

Seen on four dates at Fisher’s Point at Chincoteague with a daily maximum of 26 on the 20^th.

 

Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus C

Seen on seven dates along the coast being most numerous at Chincoteague.

 

Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo carbo C

Only seen at Chincoteague with 1 noted on the 18^th and 3 on the 21^st.

 

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias wardi C

Seen on nine dates with a daily maximum of 40 noted in the Bombay Hook / Little Creek area on the 15^th.

 

Great Egret - Ardea alba egretta C

Seen on nine dates with a daily maximum of an estimated 1,000 seen at Chincoteague on the 21^st.

 

Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor ruficollis C

Seen on six dates with a daily maximum of 100 seen in the Chincoteague area on the 21^st.

 

Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 120 seen in the Chincoteague area on both the 20^th and 21^st.

 

Snowy Egret - Egretta thula brewsteri C

Seen on seven dates with a daily maximum of an estimated 1,000 at Chincoteague on the 21^st.

 

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis ibis C

Seen on four dates with a daily maximum of 70 seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Green Heron - Butorides virescens C

Seen on nine dates with a daily maximum of 15 seen in the Chincoteague area on the 21^st.

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli C

Seen on four dates whilst at Chincoteague with a daily maximum of 40 seen along the Wildlife Trail on the evening of the 21^st.

 

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus C

Seen on six dates with a daily maximum of over 500 in the Bombay Hook / Little Creek area on the 12^th.

 

Mute Swan - Cygnus olor C

We saw 2 near the Chesapeake Bridge on the 12^th and 15^th and 6 at Chincoteague on the four days spent there.

 

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis C

Seen on seven dates with a daily maximum of 100 seen at Chincoteague on four dates.

 

Wood Duck - Aix sponsa C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 50 seen at Chincoteague on the 20^th.

 

Gadwall - Anas strepera C

We saw 2 at Chincoteague on both the 18^th and 21^st.

 

Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis C

Seen on six dates with a daily maximum of 60 seen at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos C

Seen on six dates.

 

American Black Duck - Anas rubripes C

Seen on seven dates with a daily maximum of 300 seen at Chincoteague.

 

Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors C

Seen on six dates with a daily maximum of 100 seen at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus atratus C

We saw 4 at Elliot’s Island on the 22^nd.

 

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura septentrionalis C

Seen on nine dates with a daily maximum of 50 seen between Elliot’s Island and Chincoteague on the 22^nd.

 

Osprey - Pandion haliaetus carolinensis C

Seen on seven dates with a maximum of 5 seen on Elliot’s Island on the 22^nd.

 

Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus C

An immature was seen at Bombay Hook on the 12^th and 15^th and a fine adult was seen on Elliot’s Island on the 22^nd.

 

Northern (Hen) Harrier - Circus cyaneus hudsonius C

Seen on four dates at Bombay Hook, Chincoteague and Elliot’s Island with a daily maximum of 8 at the latter site on the 22^nd.

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus velox C

A single individual was seen at Bombay Hook soaring with a Bald Eagle on the 15^th.

 

Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus lineatus C

A single individual was seen along the C&O Canal at Seneca on the 13^th and 14^th and 2 were seen near the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd.

 

Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus platypterus C

A single individual was seen at the Harrington State Park in the Shenandoah Mountains, Virginia on the 17^th and 2 were seen near the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd.

 

Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis borealis C

Singles were seen in the Shenandoah Mountains on the 17^th, near the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd and near Rockville on the 24^th.

 

American Kestrel - Falco sparverius sparverius C

Seen on five dates in small numbers with a daily maximum of 4 seen along the C&O Canal on the 16^th.

 

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus anatum C

A single individual was seen at its breeding site on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on both the 12^th and 15^th and 2 were seen at Chincoteague on the 20^th.

 

Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus C

We saw 2 obliging individuals at the Bombay Hook HQ on the 12^th and 15^th and 14 on Elliot’s Island on the 22^nd.

 

Clapper Rail - Rallus longirostris C

A single individual was seen at Little Creek on the 12^th and up to 9 were seen on three dates along the road to Swan Cove at Chincoteague.

 

Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus cachinnans C

Singles were seen at Little Creek and at Chincoteague.

 

American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus palliatus C

Seen at Fisher’s Point on four dates with a daily maximum of 50 seen on the 20^th.

 

Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus C

We saw 20 at Bombay Hook NWR on the 12^th and 30 there on the 15^th.

 

American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana C

Seen on four dates with locations being Port Mahon, Bombay Hook and Chincoteague with a daily maximum of 400 seen at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

American Golden Plover - Pluvialis dominica C

A single individual was seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 40 seen at Chincoteague on the 22^nd.

Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus C

Seen on six dates in good numbers with a daily maximum of 250 seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Wilson’s Plover - Charadrius wilsonia wilsonia C

A single individual was seen on the tip of Fisher’s Point at Chincoteague on the 20^th.

 

Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus vociferus C

Small parties were seen on six dates with a daily maximum of 20 seen on the 15^th generally favouring farmland habitat.

 

Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus C

At Chincoteague we saw 3 around two miles along Fisher’s Point at ‘The Hook’ on the 20^th and 3 there and 3 at the tip of the same point the following day.

 

American Woodcock - Scolopax minor C

We were fortunate to flush a single individual twice in a small wood at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago delicata C

We saw a single individual at Chincoteague on the 20^th.

 

Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus C

Surprisingly it proved the most numerous Dowitcher with good numbers seen on six dates including a daily maximum of 800 seen at Bombay Hook NWR on the 15^th.

 

Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus C

We identified 50 at Bombay Hook on the 12^th and 50 at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica C

A flock of 10 were seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th and (presumably the same flock) had increased to 12 when seen on the 20^th, 21^st and 22^nd.

 

Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa fedoa C

Seen in small numbers at Bombay Hook and Chincoteague with a daily maximum of 8 seen at Chincoteague on both the 21^st and 22^nd.

 

Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus C

Seen on three dates at Chincoteague with a daily maximum of 7 seen on the 21^st.

 

Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca C

Seen in good numbers in suitable habitat with a daily maximum of 150 seen in the Chincoteague area on three dates.

 

Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes C

Seen on seven dates in very good numbers with a daily maximum of 500 being seen in the Chincoteague area on two dates.

 

Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria solitaria C

We saw 2 at a Turf Farm along the C&O Canal near the Senaca State Park along the Potomac on the 16^th and 2 at Chincoteague on the 18^th and 20^th and 1 there on the 22^nd.

 

Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularia C

Seen in small numbers on seven dates with a daily maximum of 8 seen on the 15^th and the 22^nd.

 

Willet - Catoptrophorus semipalmatus C

Seen in good numbers at all coastal locations on six dates with a daily maximum of 60 seen in the Port Mahon area on the 12^th.

 

Turnstone - Arenaria interpres morinella C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 30 seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Red Knot - Calidris canutus C

Seen on three dates with a daily maximum of 200 seen near Port Mahon on the 12^th.

 

Sanderling - Calidris alba C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 150 seen along Fisher’s Point on the 20^th.

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla C

Seen in large numbers on five dates with a daily maximum of over 2,000 in the Bombay Hook area on the 12^th.

 

Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of over 200 seen in the Bombay Hook area on the 12^th.

 

Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla C

Seen on six dates in good numbers with a daily maximum of 500 seen in the Chincoteague area on the 18^th and 20^th.

 

White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis C

We saw 2 at Bombay Hook on two dates and up to 8 at Chincoteague on three dates.

 

Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos C

Seen on seven dates with a daily maximum of 250 seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea C

A single individual was seen at Chincoteague on the 18^th and 20^th.

 

Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus C

Seen on six dates in very good numbers with daily maximums of a flock of 300 seen at Bombay Hook on the 12^th and 300 seen in the Chincoteague area on the 21^st.

 

Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis C

We saw a single individual at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Wilson’s Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor C

We saw 6 at Bombay Hook on the 12^th, 8 there on the 15^th and 2 at Chincoteague on the 20^th.

 

Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus C

We saw 2 at Bombay Hook on the 12^th.

 

Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis C

This species proved fairly common in a variety of habitats.

 

Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus C

Seen on seven dates in small numbers.

 

Herring Gull - Larus argentatus smithsonianus C

Seen on seven dates in small numbers.

 

Bonaparte’s Gull - Larus philadelphia C

A single individual was seen at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla megalopterus C

Very common in all coastal areas.

 

Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica arenea C

We saw 6 at Chincoteague on the 18^th and 2 there on the 20^th.

 

Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia C

Seen on six dates in small numbers with a daily maximum of 15 seen at Chincoteague on both the 20^th and 21^st.

 

Royal Tern - Sterna maxima maxima C

We saw 4 at Chincoteague on the 18^th, 25 there on the 20^th and 21^st and 6 on the 22^nd.

 

Common Tern - Sterna hirundo hirundo C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 50 seen at Chincoteague on three dates.

 

Forster’s Tern - Sterna forsteri C

Seen on seven dates in good numbers with a daily maximums of 100 recorded at both Bombay Hook and Chincoteague.

 

Least Tern - Sterna antillarum antillarum C

Seen at Bombay Hook and Chincoteague in small numbers on four dates with a daily maximum of 10 seen on the 12^th.

 

Black Tern - Chlidonias niger surinamensis C

Seen at Bombay Hook and Chincoteague on five dates with a daily maximum of 8 seen on both the 12^th and 20^th.

 

Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger niger C

Seen on six dates in fair numbers with a daily maximum of 30 seen at Chincoteague on the 21^st.

 

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura carolinensis C

Seen every day in large numbers.

 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus C

We saw 2 at the Senaca State Park on the 13^th, a fall of 7 along the Pony Trail on the 18^th and 1 there on the 21^st and 6 in the Great Falls area on the 23^rd.

 

Black-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus erythropthalmus C

A single individual was watched sunning itself in the Harrington State Park on the 17^th.

 

Barred Owl - Strix varia varia C

We saw a single individual at the Senaca State Park along the C&O Canal on the 13^th.

 

Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor minor C

We saw a single individual in the centre of Rockville on the 11^th and 15 seen in the lights at the major tourist sites in the centre of Washington D.C. during the evening of the 16^th.

 

Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica C

Seen on nine dates in fair numbers with a daily maximum of 30 seen on the 14^th.

 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris C

Seen in small numbers on eight dates with a daily maximum of 8 seen along the C&O Canal on both the 13^th and 16^th.

 

Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon C

Seen on eight dates in small numbers.

 

Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus C

Seen in small numbers on four dates with a daily maximum of 6 seen along the C&O Canal on the 14^th.

 

Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens C

Seen on seven dates with a daily maximum of 6 seen along the C&O Canal on the 14^th.

 

Hairy Woodpecker – Picoides villosus JFC

JFC saw 3 along the Swamp Trail in the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd.

 

Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus auratus C

We saw 1 at Bombay Hook on the 15^th, 4 along the Pony trail at Chincoteague on the 21^st and 8 in the Great Falls area on the 23^rd.

 

Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus C

We saw 2 in woods behind a School in Rockville on the 14^th, 1 along the C&O Canal on the 16^th and 2 in the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd. Superb.

 

Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens C

Seen in small numbers on ten dates being seemingly present in virtually all areas of woodland. A daily maximum of 15 were seen along the C&O Canal on the 16^th.

 

Acadian Flycatcher - Empidonax virescens C

We saw 1 at the Sycamore Landing along the C&O Canal on both the 13^th and 16^th.

 

Alder Flycatcher - Empidonax alnorum C

We saw a single individual that had been trapped at a ringing station near Rockville on the 24^th.

 

Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii traillii C

We saw 1 in the Harrington State Park on the 17^th.

 

Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus C

We saw a single individual in the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd.

 

Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe C

Seen in small numbers on five dates with a daily maximum of 8 seen in woods behind a Rockville School on the 14^th.

 

Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus C

A single individual was seen along the Pony trail at Chincoteague on five dates.

 

Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus C

Seen on twelve dates with good numbers seen on migration at coastal locations with a daily maximum of 60 seen at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

Shore Lark - Eremophila alpestris praticola C

Seen on four dates in small numbers with a daily maximum of 3 seen near the C&O Canal on the 16^th.

 

Purple Martin - Progne subis subis C

Seen on six dates often in the vicinity of nest-boxes with a daily maximum of 50 seen on the 22^nd.

 

Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor C

Seen on only four dates but in large numbers as there was a heavy passage taking place on those dates with a daily maximum of c.2,000 seen in coastal areas on the 12^th.

 

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis serripennis C

Seen on four dates in good numbers with a daily maximum of 70 seen in the C&O Canal area on the 16^th.

 

Sand Martin - Riparia riparia riparia C

Seen in good numbers on five dates.

 

Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota C

A single migrant was seen at Bombay Hook on the 15^th.

 

Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica erythrogaster C

Seen every day in large numbers.

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa satrapa C

We saw a single individual in the Harrington State Park on the 17^th.

 

Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedorum C

Seen on four dates with a daily maximum of 150 seen near the Great Falls Reserve on the 23^rd.

 

Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus C

Seen in small numbers on five dates.

 

House Wren - Troglodytes aedon aedon C

A single individual was seen in a Caravan Park near Chincoteague on the 22^nd.

 

Grey Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis C

Seen daily in good numbers.

 

Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos C

Seen in good numbers on ten dates.

 

Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis sialis C

Seen in small parties on five dates often near nest-boxes with a daily maximum of 10 seen near the C&O Canal on the 14^th.

 

Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina C

We saw 2 at the Harrington State Park on the 17^th, 1 at the ringing site on the 19^th and a family party of 5 at the Great Falls State Park on the 23^rd.

 

American Robin - Turdus migratorius C

Seen in large numbers daily.

 

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea caerulea C

Seen on eight dates often in small parties with a daily maximum of 6 seen along the C&O Canal on the 14^th.

 

Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 12 seen along the C&O Canal on the 14^th.

 

Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus practicus C

We saw 12 in the Harrington State Park on the 17^th.

 

Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor bicolor C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 6 seen along the C&O Canal on the 13^th.

 

Brown-headed Nuthatch - Sitta pusilla pusilla C

We saw 8 along the Pony Trail at Chincoteague on the 18^th and 1 there on the 21^st.

 

White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis C

We saw 2 in woods at Rockville on the 14^th, 3 at the Harrington State Park on the 17^th and 1 in the Great Falls State Park on the 23^rd.

 

Brown Creeper - Certhia americana C

Singles were seen in the Harrington State Park on the 17^th and at Great Falls on the 23^rd.

 

Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata C

Seen in small numbers on eight dates with a daily maximum of 8 seen in the Great Falls area on the 23^rd.

 

American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos C

Common being seen daily.

 

Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus C

Seen at Chincoteague on four dates.

 

European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris C

Seen daily.

 

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus C

Common.

 

White-eyed Vireo – Vireo griseus C

A single individual was seen in the hand at the Rockville Ringing Centre on the 24^th.

 

Blue-headed Vireo – Vireo solitarius C

A single individual was seen at Harrington SP on the 17^th.

 

Warbling Vireo – Vireo gilvus C

We saw 2 near Sycamore Landing along the C&O Canal on the 16^th.

 

Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus olivaceus C

Seen on nine dates with a fair passage taking place with a daily maximum of 60 being seen at Great Falls State Park on the 23^rd.

 

Purple Finch – Carpodacus purpureus purpureus C

We saw 4 at Harrington on the 17^th.

 

House Finch – Carpodacus mexicanus C

Seen on four dates with a daily maximum of 10 seen in Rockville.

 

American Goldfinch – Carduelis tristis tristis C

Seen in fair numbers on twelve dates.

 

Blue-winged Warbler – Vermivora pinus C

We saw 2 along the Pony Trail at Chincoteague forming part of a fall of migrants seen there on the 18^th.

 

Golden-winged Warbler – Vermivora chrysoptera C

A single male was seen at Harrington SP on the 17^th.

 

Tennessee Warbler – Vermivora peregrina C

A single adult was seen in the hand at the Rockville Ringing Station on the 24^th.

 

Parula Warbler – Parula americana C

A male was seen along the C&O Canal on the 13^th and another was seen along the Swamp Trail in the Great Falls Park on the 23^rd.

 

Yellow Warbler – Dendroica petechia C

We saw 1 along the C&O Canal on both the 14^th and 15^th, 1 along the Pony Trail on the 18^th and 21^st and 1 at Great Falls on the 23^rd.

 

Magnolia Warbler – Dendroica magnolia C

Around 10 formed part of a mixed-species flock seen at Harrington SP on the 17^th.

 

Black-throated Blue Warbler – Dendroica caerulescens C

We saw 3 at the Harrington SP on the 17^th.

 

Black-throated Green Warbler – Dendroica virens C

A single male was seen at Harrington SP on the 17^th.

 

Blackburnian Warbler – Dendroica fusca C

A single individual was seen along the Pony Trail at Chincoteague on the 18^th.

 

Yellow-throated Warbler – Dendroica dominica C

We saw 1 along the Pony Trail on the 18^th and 1 in the Great Falls Park on the 23^rd.

 

Pine Warbler – Dendroica pinus pinus C

We saw up to 10 along the Pony Trail on the 18^th, 20^th and 21^st.

 

Prairie Warbler – Dendroica discolor C

We saw 2 along the Pony Trail on the 18^th and 20^th and a single bird seen in the hand at the Rockville Ringing Station on the 24^th.

 

Black-and-white Warbler – Mniotilta varia C

We saw 2 at Harrington SP on the 17^th, up to 4 were seen along the Pony Trail at Chincoteague on three dates and 3 were seen along the Swamp Trail in the Great Falls Park on the 23^rd.

 

American Redstart – Setophaga ruticilla C

We saw 2 in a small wood at Bombay Hook on the 15^th and up to twelve on four dates along the Pony Trail.

 

Prothonotary Warbler – Protonotaria citrea C

Only seen along the C&O Canal where they were breeding with 5 seen there on the 13^th and 3 there on the 14^th.

 

Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapillus C

Up to 2 were seen along the Pony Trail on the 18^th, 20^th and 21^st.

 

Louisiana Waterthrush – Seiurus motacilla C

We saw 1 extremely well along the C&O Canal on the 13^th. Another Waterthrush glimpsed in the Great Falls Park was left unidentified on the 23^rd.

 

Kentucky Warbler – Oporornis formosus C

We saw 3 along the Swamp Trail in the Great Falls NP on the 23^rd.

 

Common Yellowthroat – Geothlypis trichas C

Seen in small numbers on nine dates with a daily maximum of 12 seen along the main path bordering the lake at Harrington State Park on the 17^th.

 

Canada Warbler – Wilsonia canadensis C

We saw 1 at Harrington on the 17^th, 1 along the Pony Trail on the 18^th, 2 along the Swamp Trail at Great Falls on the 23^rd and 2 seen in the hand at the Rockville Ringing Station on the 24^th.

 

Worm-eating Warbler – Helmitheros vermivorus JFC

JFC saw 1 along the Swamp trail at the Great Falls Park on the 23^rd.

 

Yellow-breasted Chat – Icteria virens C

We saw 1 in the hand at the Rockville Ringing Station on the 24^th.

 

Scarlet Tanager – Piranga olivacea C

We saw 4 at Harrington on the 17^th.

 

Rufous-sided Towhee – Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus C

We saw 2 at Harrington on the 17^th, 4 at Great Falls on the 23^rd and 1 at the Ringing Station on the 24^th.

 

Chipping Sparrow – Spizella passerina passerina C

Seen on five dates with a daily maximum of 25 seen at Harrington on the 17^th.

 

Field Sparrow – Spizella pusilla pusilla C

We saw 1 at Harrington on the 17^th and 3 in the Great Falls area on the 23^rd.

 

Seaside Sparrow – Ammodramus maritimus maritimus C

We saw 15 at Little Creek on the 12^th and 20 there on the 15^th.

 

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow – Amodramus caudacutus diversus C

We saw 2 at Little Creek on the 12^th and 1 at Elliot’s Island on the 22^nd.

 

Grasshopper Sparrow – Ammodramus savannarum pratensis C

We saw a single individual at Bombay Hook on the 12^th and 15^th.

 

Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia C

Seen on eight dates in good numbers.

 

Swamp Sparrow – Melospiza georgiana georgiana C

We saw 1 at Bombay Hook on the 15^th and 6 at Chincoteague on the 19^th.

 

Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis C

Seen daily in large numbers.

 

Blue Grosbeak – Guiraca caerulea caerulea C

Seen on four dates with a daily maximum of 10 seen on two dates near Bombay Hook.

 

Indigo Bunting – Passerina cyanea C

Seen in good numbers on eight dates.

 

Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus C

Seen daily.

 

Eastern Meadowlark – Sturnella magna magna C

Seen on five dates in fair numbers.

 

Boat-tailed Grackle – Quiscalus major torreyi C

Seen in good numbers at Chinctoeague on four dates.

 

Common Grackle – Quiscalus quiscula stonei C

Seen daily.

 

Brown-headed Cowbird – Molothrus ater ater C

We saw 1 at Chincoteague on the 18^th and 50 on Elliot’s Island on the 22^nd.

 

Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula C

We saw 4 along the C&O Canal on the 13^th and 1 there the following day.