Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Prospect May 10th Tuesday series

Results of Rob Bate's Tuesday BBC walk which witnessed the continuing Termite hatch out on a lesser scale above the Wellhouse near the Maryland Monument.


From Rob:

10 or so of us showed up for the Tuesday walk from Bartell-Pritchard. Highlight of the day was a minor recurrence of the hatch out on Sunday. We had excellent looks at Chestnut-sided Warblers, Redstarts, Parulas, Magnolias, Common Yellowthroats and of course Yellow-rumps. 15 species of warblers.

Number of species: 50

Canada Goose 3

Mute Swan 1

Wood Duck 2

Mallard 4

Green Heron 2

Herring Gull 2

Rock Pigeon 5

Mourning Dove 4

Chimney Swift 11

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 2

Eastern Kingbird 2

Warbling Vireo 4

Blue Jay 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3

Tree Swallow 1

Barn Swallow 10

Black-capped Chickadee 3

Tufted Titmouse 1

House Wren 3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3

Veery 1

Wood Thrush 1

American Robin 35

Gray Catbird 25

European Starling 25

Cedar Waxwing 2

Nashville Warbler 1

Northern Parula 4

Yellow Warbler 2

Chestnut-sided Warbler 3

Magnolia Warbler 2

Cape May Warbler 1

Black-throated Blue Warbler 4

Yellow-rumped Warbler 6

Black-throated Green Warbler 1

Blackpoll Warbler 1

Black-and-white Warbler 2

American Redstart 4

Ovenbird 3

Northern Waterthrush 1

Common Yellowthroat 8

Song Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 3

Northern Cardinal 3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2

Red-winged Blackbird 6

Common Grackle 10

Baltimore Oriole 5

House Sparrow 10