ISSN 0147 9725 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE H3u.ffe.tin of t fie cMaxyfand fD-initfoCa^icaf ^ocietcf , One. f !' *■«.** f L' hv, > L3Ui2l f K& *- ni /ri5 1 ■ •'OPS MARCH 1984 VOLUME 40 NUMBER 1 MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Cylburn Mansion, 4915 Greenspring Ave., Baltimore, Maryland 21209 STATE OFFICERS FOR MAY 1983 TO JUNE 1984 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President: Martha Chestem, 10850 Faulkner Rdg Cr, Columbia 21044 739-1527 Vice Pres.: CDR Anthony White, 5872 Marbury Rd., Bethesda 20817 229-1641 Treasurer: Richard Cleveland, 19108 N. Pike Cr. PI, Gaithersburg 926-7109 Secretary: Helen Ford, 408 Beach Drive, Annapolis 21403 267-8417 Exec. Secy: Mary Love, 10735 Cordage Walk, Columbia 21044 596-3148 Past Pres.: John Cullom, 437 Paradise Avenue, Baltimore 21228 747-5870 STATE DIRECTORS Allegany: •Robert Paterson Howard: •Jane H. Farrell Robert Hiegel Joseph B. Byrnes Kendrick Y. Hodgdon Roy Trudel Paul Zucker Anne Arundel: •Dorothy Mumford Emily Joyce Kent: •Stephen B. Hitchner Gary Van Velsir Margaret Duncan Baltimore: •Robert F. Ringler Montgomery: •Paul O’Brien John Cullom Margaret Donnald John Eckard Philip A. DuMont Edwin Gosnell Lola Oberman Eleanor Jones Robert Lyon Patuxent: •Virginia Kuykendall Jane Myzur Chandler S. Robbins Jean Worthley Talbot •Terry Allen Caroline •Steve Westre Lucille Spain Marianna Nuttle Kathleen Trevor Carroll: •William D. Ellis Washington •Mary Corderman Robert Rasa Robert Keedy Alberta Thurmond Frederick: •David H. Wallace Norman Chamberlin Wicomico: •Chester J. Ross Lee Meinersmann Harford: •Kermit Updegrove Joyce Sherman Sarah Standiford •Denotes Chapter President Active Membership (adults) Student Membership (full-time students) Junior Membership (under 18 years) Family Membership (Mr. & Mrs.) Sustaining Membership Life Membership Member-at-Large 5.00 plus local chapter dues 2.00 plus local chapter dues 1.00 plus local chapter dues 6.00 plus local chapter dues 10.00 plus local chapter dues 200.00 (4 annual installments) 5.00 Cover: American Avocet at Herrington Manor State Park. Garrett County, Aug. 9, 1982. Photo by Fran Pope. MARYLAND BIRDLIFE VOLUME 40 MARCH 1984 NUMBER 1 ANHINGA SIGHTED AT FORT SMALLWOOD ElRIK A.T. BLOM and JAMES ORGAIN On May 9, 1981 at 10:45 a.m. we observed a female Anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga) over Ft. Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The bird was in view about two and one-half minutes, and was last seen as it disappeared below the tree line one-quarter to one-half mile south of us. We were unable to relocate the bird. No photographs were taken. This is the fourth record for the state, the second record unsubstantiated by photo or specimen. For a superb review of the occurrence of Anhingas north of their breeeding range, and possible confusion with other species, see Armistead in Maryland Birdlife (34:172-174). Both observers made independent field notes at the time of the observation. A transcript of those notes follows: Blom: 10:45 a.m. Sat. May 09, 1981. Ft. Smallwood Park, AA County. Female Anhinga. White (pale) head & neck. Breast, body, wings & tail black (dark). Very long tail, wide at tip, narrowed at base. Almost as long as body from breast to base of tail. Soaring like hawk, alternately flapping and gliding. Very long thin neck. Much longer tailed than D.C. Cormorant, also longer thinner neck, pale area confined to head and neck, none on breast. Bird was in view about 2 and one-half minutes. Distance was 200 ft. — one-half mile. 100-500 ft. high. Went south, lost behind trees. After it started south did very little flapping. Watched through lOx binocs and 20- 45x scope. Clear sky. Sun 90° to bird and way above. Light good. Orgain: Bird first observed as very large and very dark (greater or equal to Red- tail) hawk like bird. Did not fly like buteo but as Kestrel, very rapid and shallow wing beat with short periods of glide. When bird finally banked observed a very long fan-shaped tail (dark brown) long body (cormorant like, dark brown) and long pointed wings with dark brown primaries and secondaries, and light brown or tan shoulders. Head and neck were long and pointed (very slim) carried in a “mashed s” that was light brown and white in color with the light coloration going down to the breast; belly was dark. Optics used: 7 x 50 binoculars and B & L Balscope Sr. with 30x eyepiece. Time interval observed was approximately 3-5 minutes, distance of 200 yards at closest to half a mile at farthest. Bird did not bank and start to circle (soaring) until one-quarter to one-half mile and stayed about two minutes. 4 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 Summary: The bird was between 200 feet and one-half mile away. The tail was very long and fan shaped. The wings were pointed. Wingbeat was rapid and shallow. Head and neck were long and thin. Head and neck. were pale down to the beginning of the breast, the rest of the bird was dark. The white ended in an abrupt pectoral line. Ft. Smallwood Park is located on the south side of the mouth of the Patapsco River. We were at Ft. Smallwood to monitor the migration of hawks past the point, a project we have participated in this spring with Hal Wierenga. Details on the extraordinary flight of raptors past Smallwood will be published separately by Wierenga. On the day of the Anhinga we counted 9 Turkey Vultures ( Cathartes aura), 25 Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus), one Cooper’s Hawk (A. cooperii), 3 Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus), 5 Broad-winged Hawks (Buteo platypterus), and one Merlin (Falco columbarius). Observation was from 6:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The sky was clear. Winds were east-northeast, 10-15 mph. Both observers are familiar with Anhingas and have seen them sitting and soaring in their natural range. 1618 Somerville Rd Bel Air, MD 21014 7484 Sea Change, Columbia, MD 21045 SWAINSON’S THRUSH IN BALTIMORE ON JULY 4 DOUG MURPHY I am enclosing some notes on my observations of a Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) which sang in our yard in Baltimore July 3-4, 1982. Time: July 3. Singing first noted from 7-10 a.m. We were away for the rest of the day. July 4: Singing frequent from 7-9 a.m. and then off and on during the day; only a couple of songs in evening. The thrush was not seen or heard July 5 or on following days. Except for migration in May when we observed at least 20, we have never seen this species in the yard during the summer. Probably not a resident. Place: Along upper end of Keswick Road along Stony Run in Roland Park in Baltimore. This residential area and adjoining park has a dense canopy of mature oaks, beech and linden. The thrush inhabited a small grove of yew and hemlock opposite a ripe mulberry from which many birds were seen feeding. Confirmation: Visual: Observed for 30 seconds from 20 feet with 7x50 binoculars: olive brown back, tail and head with no evidence of rusty coloration; buffy eye ring and cheek, white breast, sides, rump with indistinct breast spots. Plumage clean and healthy looking. Distinct from Veery. Voice: The song was recorded at 8 p.m. on July 4th by Bob Ellis with a directional microphone and portable tape recorder. Song clear and well developed but faint, with 5-10 sec. pauses between songs, consisting of an ascending spiral in 3-4 steps and reedy in quality. Nearly identical to Peterson’s field guide recording and easily distinguished from other thrush songs. 4811 Keswick Road Baltimore, MD 21210 March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 5 THE SEASON FALL MIGRATION, August 1-November 30, 1983 Robert F. Ringler After years of litigation the dredging of Baltimore Harbor is at hand. The spoil from this job is to be contained in the huge impoundment recently constructed at Hart and Miller Islands in the Baltimore County portion of Chesapeake Bay. Birders visited the site several times during its construction and found that it might prove to be an ornithological bonanza in the future. During the fall of 1983 an effort was made to visit the impoundment each week from late July to early December. The predictions proved correct and record numbers of several species of shorebirds, gulls and terns were found. These data are presented in Table 1 which also includes the trip made on January 1 during the local Christmas Bird Count and the only spring trip, on May 30. I missed only the October 9 and November 12 trips. Rick Blom also went on most of the trips including the two that I did not. Together we compiled the data in this table. Also participating in many of the trips were Hank Kaestner and Bob Dixon. A host of other observers contributed on a few trips. As for the remainder of the season the only northern irruptive species to make a significant showing was Black-capped Chickadee. Other species were present but in far fewer numbers than in a big invasion year. Mild weather late in the season caused a number of species to linger, particularly shorebirds. Migration Tables. The migration tables look a little different this season. A maximum of ten dates per species have been used in the tables. This will eliminate much of the empty space and combining of counties in the tables. This change requires that the county be specified for each date and this is done with the two- letter code following the date. Italicized dates represent banded birds. The following abbreviations were used for the counties: DC District of Columbia DO Dorchester FR Frederick GA Garrett HA Harford HO Howard KE Kent AA Anne Arundel AL Allegany BA Baltimore CA Caroline CE Cecil CH Charles CL Carroll PG Prince Georges QA Queen Annes SM St. Marys SO Somerset TA Talbot WA Washington WI Wicomico CT Calvert MO Montgomery WO Worcester Table 1. Waterbirds at Hart-Miller Islands Impoundment, Baltimore County, Maryland - 1983 V 3 £ to W o July 31 c « > c V > £ iJ, E p 'SC. P p < p X p L* t£> ? Si ? s / V* O Nov. 19 Nov. 26 ? o Red-throated Loon _ _ _ l l Common Loon - - 1 1 2 1 — - _ i 2 5 3 2 _ _ 1 2 Pied-billed Grebe - - - - - - - - i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Horned Grebe - 1 - - - - - - - _ _ _ - _ _ 2 _ - 5 _ 5 Red-necked Grebe _ - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Eared Grebe - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Double-crest Cormorant - 1 _ _ 6 _ 3 _ 4 3 i 18 _ _ _ _ 3 1 _ _ Great Blue Heron 1 X 5 I 12 14 12 15 i 2 5 i 6 i 1 _ _ _ _ _ Snowy Egret - - i 2 10 - - _ - - - _ - _ - _ - - _ - Little Blue Heron - - i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cattle Egret _ 9 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Grecn-buckcd Heron - - - - - _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Black-crown Night-Heron _ _ _ _ 1 _ 1 1 i _ . _ _ . _ — _ _ _ _ _ Tundra Swan - _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2f _ _ _ 6f _ Snow Goose - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ir - - - - Canada Goose _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 027 f 69f _ 3f 5f _ 1 _ ir Black Duck 6 _ 2 1 1 _ _ _ _ - _ _ — 3 _ X 9 7 9 Mallard 8 X X X X 12 80 _ _ 3 _ _ 22 2 30 95 4 X 4 37 Blue-winged Teal - _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Canvasback - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5f - Lesser Scaup - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ 4 _ - _ _ Oldsquaw — 1 — — — _ _ — _ _ _ _ _ _ — _ — 2f 1 f _ While-winged Scoter - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - i - - - Common Goldeneye 11 — — — — _ — _ _ _ _ _ _ — — — _ 2 1 5 Bufflehcad 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 Red-breast Merganser _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 _ 2 1 Ruddy Duck - - — - _ _ _ _ - - - - 9 4 2 5 1 — _ - Black-bellied Plover _ 2 _ 1 3 4 4 $ 8 14 18 26 8 12 12 2 4 4 1 6 Lesser Golden-Plover — - - _ _ I _ _ 5 - 4 5 - 1 — _ — - _ _ - Semipalmntcd Plover - 3 9 20 3 20 20 20 20 10 10 3 4 3 6 4 2 - - “ Piping Plover _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ Killdecr 20 X 2 10 X 30 15 10 5 7 — 1 — 10 — 2 3 8 — — 2 Am. 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May 30 y CO > s --j > C w > & M > e tO 30 K 5 ■O Sf p Sf- p P g o -> © ce o to $ z < Z 0 < to 61 *"N Nov. 26 o Greater Yellowlcgs _ _ 1 i 1 _ 1 1 i _ i _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ Lesser Yellowlegs — — 7 2 i 2 6 8 1 4 1 — — — — — — — — — — Willet - — 3 2 i 2 2 — — — - — — — — — — — - — — Spotted Sandpiper - X 12 X X 20 10 5 2 - - - - - - - - - - - Upland Sandpiper — - — — — 1 “ 1 — — — — — — — — — _ — — Whimbrel _ If - - _ - - - - _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - - Marbled Godwit — - 1 1 i 1 - 3 - - — - - — - - - - - - - Ruddy Turnstone - 20 3 - — 1 4 7 2 3 4 - i _ i 1 _ _ 1 1 Red Knot — — _ — _ 2 1 — - Sanderling - 1 1 7 i 3 9 20 20 25 20 25 25 25 10 15 6 5 - - Semipaimateri Sand 30 10 20 X 25 10 3 5 25 _ 2 1 _ - _ _ - _ - - Western Sandpiper - - 25 40 X 75 100 75 50 40 3 1 5 - - - - 3 - - - Least Sandpiper 1 15 25 X 25 25 20 10 25 1 2 2 - — — — — — — — Whiterumped Sand - 1 — - - 2 — — - 1 - 1 2 — - - - - - - Baird’s Sandpiper - - 1 1 - 11 5 4 4 - - - - - - - - — - - 1 Pectoral Sandpiper _ - 3 _ 1 1 1 _ . _ _ - 1 - - - - - - - - Purple Sandpiper - — — - - — — - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - Dunlin 3 15 — — — — — — — 1 25 5 20 6 10 7 13 11 3 Stilt Sandpiper - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Buff-breasted Sand - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - — - — — — — — — Short-hill Dowitcher 3 2 1 _ 4 12 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - Laughing Gull - 3 500 500 X 500 500 500 500 200 300 500 450 300 40 400 300 300 25 60 1 Little Gull — 1 1 — — 1 — — 2 — — — — — — — - — — — 1 Bonaparte's Gull 2 - l — — - - - 1 - - — - - 1 2 1 - - 3f 40 Ring-billed Gull 700 600 250 X X 250 250 100 200 200 100 100 135 150 75 150 350 400 500 500 200 Herring Gull 4000 150 X 75 X 800 400 500 500 200 350 25 500 300 300 50 200 100 500 300 500 Lesser Black-back _ - — — - 2 — _ - 1 2 — — 2 — — 2 — . — — Great Black-back 300 50 X X X 200 450 200 200 125 100 125 200 200 100 25 40 20 100 50 30 Black-leg Kjuiwakc - - - - - - - - — - ■ — - - 1 - — - - - Caspian Tern - 20 50 130 160 200 290 475 400 200 130 130 125 5 12 4 3 - - - - Royal Tern . _ _ _ _ 5 2 6 4 1 1 _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ Common Tern - 4 6 l - - - - 1 — - - 1 — - 2 - — - - - Forster’s Torn _ 3 260 450 500 680 60 390 500 200 65 50 440 80 15 350 16 4 — — - Least Tern - 40 60 50 X 20 14 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Black Tern - - - 1 - - - - - - ■ - - - - - ~ - - - - f=seen only in flight over or near the impoundments x= species present but individuals not counted. Table 2. Fall Arrival Dates, 1983 oo Species 10-Yr. Medinn Modi tin Red-throated Loon _ 11/3 1O/10BA 10/21 MO 10/27 DC 11/11TA 1I/18WO 1 1/22CE Common Loon 10/7 10/14 9/20 BA 9/26 KE 10/2TA 10/12QA 10/17SM 10/20GA 10/20 DC 10/2 IPG Pied-billed Grebe 9/25 9/9 8/12BA 8/14FR 9/1 PG 9/7 HA 9/8WO 9/lODO 9/13GA 9/23 HO 9/25 DC 10/2CH Horned Grebe 11/8 10/30 1G/12AI, 10/20SM 10/24QA 10/29 PC 10/30BA 10/31GA 1 1/1 KE I1/12HO 11/13AA 11/13TA Double-crested Cormorant 9/1 8/14 6/26DO 7/8 WO 7/25 DC 8/13TA 8/15KE 8/15CA 8/21 BA 8/3 ISM Great Egret 7/31 7/22 7/17FR 7/18SM 7/20KE 7/22BA 7/23MO 7/24 PG 8/7TA 8/19CA Snowy Egret 7/30 7/31 7/10CE 7/12KE 7/18SM 7/24 A A 7/31 BA 7/31 PG 8/4 DC 8/5CA 8/7TA 8/13FR Little Blue Heron 7/31 7/28 7/10CE 7/23 MO 7/28FR 7/31 BA 8/7TA Cattle Egret 8/13 7/28 7/4 HA 7/10CE 7/18SM 8/7TA 8/20CA 9/3 PG Tundra Swan 11/10 11/7 10/10HO 10/12BA I0/20GA 1 1/lCA II/2MO 11/13TA 11/25WI I1/26KE 1 1/28PG 12/2SM Snow Goose 10/10 11/1 10/9KE IO/25HO 10/25TA 10/29DO 11/5BA 11/5DC 1 1/6CA 11/13CE Canada Goose 9/22 9/28 9/2KE 9/14TA 9/15HO 9/23 BA 9/27CA 9/30 WO 10/lMO 10/1 DC 10/ISM 10/8HA Green winged Teal 9/24 9/12 8/13FR 8/2 IDO 8/23GA 9/11 HO 9/I2BA 9/24 CL 9/30 WO 10/1 PG 10/2MO Northern Pintail 10/2 9/30 9/2DO 9/29BA 9/30 HO 9/30WO 10/23PG 10/25GA 11/6CL Blue-winged Teal 8/27 8/3 7/8WO 7/1 0PG 7/21 MO 7/31 BA 8/6 FR 8/20TA 9/6 HA 9/lOHO Northern Shoveler 10/10 10/21 9/24 HO 9/25BA 10/10TA 10/14KE 10/29CE 10/30PG 11/7DC 1 1/1 1 WA Gadwall 10/11 10/19 9/25PG 9/25CH 9/30 HO 10/10TA 10/29 HA 10/29 DC 10/30 BA 11/GCL American Wigeon 9/28 10/8 9/11 BA 9/19DC 9/24HO 10/8PG 10/10KR 10/16AA 10/22HA Canvasback 11/3 11/5 10/20SM 10/29 DC 10/29PG 1 1/1 CT 11/5AL 11/6TA 1 1/12GA 11/12HO 11/13CE 11/26BA Redhead 11/15 11/6 10/22DC 10/30PG 11/3HA 11/6TA 11/1ICT 11/12GA 1 1/23BA 12/7SO Ring-necked Duck 10/25 10/27 9/5DC 10/12AL 10/19HO 10/22TA 10/26BA 10/29CE 10/29PG 10/29DO 11/6GA 11/3 1 C A Greater Scaup 11/6 10/22 10/15KE 10/22 DC 11/1 CT Lesser Scaup 10/23 10/22 9/25BA 10/8PG 10/19HO 10/21 A L 10/22TA 10/22DC 10/24QA 10/25GA 10/29CE 10/29 DO Oldsquaw 11/8 10/27 10/19HO 10/22TA 10/24PG 10/24QA 10/26 BA 10/29AL 10/29DC 10/29DO 11/11CT 11/13AA Black Scoter 10/16 10/30 10/7 WO 10/15SM 10/24QA 10/30TA 11/1 CT 11/6CL 11/12GA Surf Scoter 10/20 10/24 8/13WO 10/14TA 10/24QA 10/25SM 1 1/1 CT White-winged Scoter 10/21 10/29 9/24 KE 10/2TA 10/9 WO 10/24QA 10/29DO 10/30BA 11/lCT 11/14SM 1I/19AA Common Goldeneye 11/11 11/13 10/16SM 10/18KE U/12HO 11/13GA 11/13PG 11/13AA 11/13TA 11/19BA 11/24CL 11/24HA Bufflehead 11/3 10/26 10/19HO 10/20SM 10/24 BA 10/24PG 10/24QA 10/29DO 11/lCT 11/2 DC 11/6TA 11/I0GA Hooded Merganser 11/13 11/12 10/30 BA 10/30PG 11/2FR 11/12GA 11/12HO 11/12CT 11/1 5TA 1 1/20CL 11/26KE Common Merganser 11/18 11/21 11/12GA 1 1/20 PG 11/23CT 12/2BA Red-breasted Merganser 11/12 10/30 10/20SM 10/29 DO 10/30BA 11/20TA 11/23CT Ruddy Duck 10/14 10/10 9/23BA 10/8PG 10/9 WO 10/10GA 10/10KE 10/10TA 10/12AL 10/17DC 10/19110 10/29CE Osprey 8/28 8/23 7/31 BA 8/6 FR 8/23WA 8/23CE 8/28GA 9/5MO 9/5HA Northern Harrier 9/11 9/10 7/22CA 8/21GA 8/21 BA 9/5MO 9/7 HO 9/1 3DC 9/14FR 9/14TA 9/25CH 10/10HA Sharp-shinned Hawk 9/23 9/22 8/29WA 9/14MO 9/16CA 9/18TA 9/22HA 9/22SM 9/23 PG 9/24 KE 10/5HO Cooper's Hawk 9/20 9/23 8/31 MO 9/1 KE 9/14 WA 9/23 HA 10/6SM 10/8HO 10/14TA Broad-winged Hawk 9/2 8/15 7/30WI 8/14TA 8/14 WA 8/17BA 8/17MO 9/5CH Rough-legged Hawk 11/21 11/4 10/22TA 10/29BA 10/29 DO 11/4WA 11/5MO 11/23CT 11/26KE 11/29QA Golden Eagle - 10/24 10/12WA 10/15BA 11/2DC 11/9QA Merlin 9/22 10/2 9/11 DC 9/18WO 9/23 W A 10/2CE 10/fiBA 10/13HO 10/16KE Sora 9/1 9/5 8/24MO 9/5 HA 9/19DC American Coot 10/17 10/16 9/25FR 10/1 PG 10/7HO 10/12AL 10/16MO 10/18BA 10/22TA 10/29HA 10/31GA MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 Blnck-bellied Plover 8/28 8/14 7/30DO 8/7WO 8/14BA 9/9DC 9/11MO Lesser Golden-Plover 9/15 9/10 8/21 BA 9/9DC 9/11MO 9/16TA Semipnlmated Plover 8/1 7/31 7/23MO 7/25WO 7/30DO 7/31 BA 7/3 ISO 8/17GA 8/27 DC 8/31 SM Greater Ycllowlegs 7/27 7/30 7/1 OSO 7/28 WO 7/30 DO 7/31 BA 8/10DC Lesser Yellowlcgs 7/25 7/24 7/10PG 7/10QA 7/18SM 7/23FR 7/23BA 7/25WO 7/30MO 7/30DO 7/3 ISO 8/17GA Solitary Sandpiper 7/25 7/26 7/12MO 7/16PG 7/23FR 7/23BA 7/30DO 7/3 ISO 8/17GA 8/17HO Spotted Sandpiper 7/23 7/13 7/4MO 7/4WO me A 7/1 0PG 7/17FR 7/18SM 7/30DO 7/31SO Ruddy Turnstone 8/7 7/31 7/16WO 7/31 BA 9/12PG Red Knot 8/13 8/24 8/21 BA 8/28 DC Sanderling 8/1 8/7 7/16WO 7/18SM 8/7 BA 8/21 DO 9/10AA Semipalmoted Sandpiper 7/20 7/29 7/4 WO 7/10PG 7/23FR 7/29DC 7/30DO 7/31 BA 7/31 SO 8/5 HO Western Sandpiper 8/8 7/31 7/9WO 7/30DO 7/31 BA 8/17GA 8/18DC Least Sandpiper 7/18 7/15 6/29DC 7/8 C A 7/9WO 7/10CE 7/15BA 7/16FR 7/16PG 7/17DO 7/18SM 7/31 SO Whitc-rumped Sandpiper - 8/10 7/31 SO 8/21 BA Pectoral Sandpiper 8/2 7/31 7/1 6FR 7/24PG 7/28MO 7/30DO 7/31 BA 7/3 ISO 8/17GA 8/27 HO 8/31SM Purple Sandpiper — 11/12 9/30 WO 11/12BA 12/1 1 C T Dunlin 10/7 10/11 9/8SM 9/24 T A 9/29 BA 10/4 WO 10/8 A A 10/14DC 10/15FR 10/22CA 11/lCT 11/5QA Still Sandpiper 8/15 8/16 7/31SO 8/7 BA 8/26DO 8/27 DC Short-billed Dowitcher 7/27 7/31 7/4WO 7/30DO 7/31 BA 7/31 PG 7/31SO Common Snipe 9/16 9/21 8/12DO 8/13FR 9/11 MO 9/13PG 9/30 HO 10/2CL 10/5AA 10/16GA Bonaparte’s Gull 11/11 10/16 8/17CL 9/13AA 1 0/1 CT 10/15BA 10/16TA 10/17SM 10/30PG 11/1QA 11/5AL 11/6GA Caspian Tern 8/13 7/24 7/9 WO 7/13DC 7/15BA 7/24CH 8/7 T A 8/1 OK E 8/2 IDO Royal Tern 8/5 8/27 7/I8SM 6/27TA 9/5BA Common Tern 8/20 7/31 7/I3KE 7/18SM 7/31 BA 8/7 T A 8/25CE Forster's Tern 7/30 7/29 7/13KE 7/18SM 7/24AA 7/24CH 7/29DC 7/31 BA 7/31 MO 7/31 PG 8/7TA Black Tern 8/5 8/7 8/7 BA 8/7TA Long-eared Owl - 11/20 11/18TA 11/23CT Short-eared Owl 12/5 11/10 10/29 A A 10/29 DO 11/23CT 11/26BA Northern Saw-whet Owl 11/4 11/4 10/30AA 11/4TA /J/5MO 1 1/8BA Common Nighthowk 8/22 8/20 8/1 5MO 8/19FR 8/20BA 8/20CA 8/20 WO 8/23 HO 8/25KE 8/27 DC 9/lCH Red-headed Woodpecker 9/24 9/22 9/9 C A 9/14PG 9/14TA 9/22SM 9/24 MO 9/24 KE 10/1 HO Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9/29 9/25 9/1 3BA 9/18GA 9/18HO 9/25DC 9/25TA 9/26MO 9/29KE 9/29 HA 10/2 A A 10/2CH Olive-sided Flycatcher 8/28 8/28 8/21TA 0/5CE Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8/26 8/17 8/6 A A 8//6MO 8/16PG 8/1 7BA 8/17CA 8/21KE 8/24CE Traill’s Flycatcher 8/29 8/25 817 A A 8/24 MO 8/2SKE 8/27TA 8/30 HA Least Flycatcher 8/25 8/17 7/WAA 8/2 HA 8/2PG 8/15MO 8/20CA 8/27TA 8/30BA 9/2KE Tree Swallow 8/6 8/7 7/10CE 7/10PG 7/24CH 7/28WO 8/4 MO 8/10BA 8/13CL 8/14TA 8/I5KE 8/31SM Bank Swallow 7/24 7/23 6/26CA 7/10CE 7/10TA 7/17DO 7/23FR 7/24 PG 7/24 CH 7/31 BA 8/1 ICT 8/13HO Black-capped Chickadee 11/4 11/2 10/I5FR 10/27BA 10/28CE 10/30 A A 11/IPG 1 1/3CT 11/4HA 1 1/5HO 11/6KE 11/6CL Red-breasted Nuthatch 9/15 8/31 8/21 KE 8/21 T A 8/27 C A 8/28 WO 8/30PG 9/1 MO 9/3 FR 9/3AA 9/7 CE 9/1 2BA Brown Creeper 10/2 9/29 9/9 PG 9/18FR 9/2.5KE 9/27BA 9/28HA 10/1 A A 10/1 T A 10/2HO 10/2CH 10/2CA Winter Wren 10/4 9/29 9/25DC 9/2CPG 9/27BA 9/29GA 9/29HO 9/29KE 10/1 A A I0/3HA 10/8CE 10/8TA Golden-crowned Kinglet 10/5 9/29 9/28BA 9/28HA 9/28PG 9/29 MO 9/29K E 9/30GA 10/2TA 10/6CE 10/7 AL I0/1CSM Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9/24 9/21 9/1 C A 9/18FR 9/18TA 9/19PG 9/21 HO 9&2AA 9/22 HA 9/24 SM 9/25BA 9/28K E Veery 9/2 8/28 8/2 mo 8/25 KE 8/27TA 8/30GA 9/lCE 9/2 A A Gray-cheeked Thrush 9/21 9/15 9/8 MO 9/10FR 9/12CE 9/13 A A 9/15BA 9/15PG 9/1 5CH 9/23SM 9C14KE 9/24 T A March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Table 2. (cont.) Fall Arrival Dates, 1983 Species 10-yr. Median 198:J Median Swainson's Thrush 915 9/1 8/21 MO 8/21 PG 9/ICE 9/2KE 9/3 BA 9/5 A A Hermit Thrush 10/9 9/30 8/26 PC. 9/14HO 9/1 5T A 9/29GA 9/29AA 1MMO 70/6BA 10/8CE 70'dKE 10/26SM Water Pipit 10/20 10/28 9/17CH 9/25 BA 1 0/1 HO 10/12 AL, 10/28CE 10/30PG 11/14SM 1 1/19DC 11/27TA Cedar Waxwing 9/4 8/27 8/13TA 8/15PG 8/20KE 9//4CA 9/1 9CH 9/23 DC Solitary Vireo 9/28 9/26 9/8PG 9/15CH 9/1 5CE 9/24 HO 9/26HA 9/27MO 9/29 BA 1 0/2 A A 10/3SM Philadelphia Vireo 9/16 9/22 9/5CE 9/13PG 9/17MO 9/22FR 9/22 HA 9/24 A A 9/24TA Blue-winged Warbler 8/24 8/20 SOOPG 8/20KE 8/24 MO Golden-winged Warbler 8/27 8/20 8/19CE 8/20 W A 8/26GA Tennessee Warbler 9/2 8/28 8/14BA 8/21MO 8/2 1TA 8/26KE 8/27 HO 8/30PG 9/3 A A 9/5 HA 9/8CE 9/8SM Orange-crowned Warbler 10/10 10/10 9/23DC 9/24TA 10/10FR 10/20MO 11/13 A A Nashville Warbler 9/6 9/8 9/4 BA 9/8PG 9/8TA 9/1 1 CE 9/14 A A Chestnut-sided Warbler 8/31 8/23 8/1 IPG 8/20 A A 8/21 BA 8/21 MO 8/23CE 8/24HO 8/25GA 8/2SKE 8/27 WO 9/2HA Magnolia Warbler 9/3 8/25 8/12WA 8/14TA 8/21 BA 8/24 HA 8/25GA 8/25M0 8/31CA 9/ICE 9/1 KE 9/4 HO Cape May Warbler 9/7 8/30 8/20 A A 8/21TA 8/25BA 8/27 WO 8/29 MO 9/lGA 9/7 KE 9/8 CE ftSPG 9/22SM Black-throated Blue Warbler 9/7 8/31 8/21KE 8/25BA 8/30M0 8/31 HO 8/31 PG 8/31SM 9/1 A A 9/1 G A 9/3 FR 9/5HA Ycllow-rumped Warbler 9/27 9/24 8/26 A A 9/5CA 9/10TA 9/19SM 9/23 PG 9/25BA 9/25HA 9/28 MO 9/29KE 10/1 HO Black-throated Green Warbler 9/10 9/3 8/14BA 8/21TA 9/7 G A 9/2HO 9/4PG 9/9CE 9/10MO 9/IOAA Blackburnian Warbler 8/29 8/20 8/14BA 8/20PG 8/20 A A 8/20 C A 8/21TA 8/23CE 8/27HO 8/31SM Palm Warbler 9/25 9/16 9/13PG 9/14BA 9/14AA 9/16FR 9/16SM 9/17TA 9/23MO 9/24 HO 10/8AL 10/17GA Bay-breasted Warbler 9/4 9/8 9/1 G A 9/3PG 9/8BA 9/8 HA 9/8CE 9/8 C A 9/8TA 9/9 MO 9/9 A A Blackpoll Warbler 9/12 9/11 9/8BA 9/8PG 9/9DC 9/9TA 9/1 ICE 9/1 1 A A 9/13FR 9/18CH 9/23GA 9/25KE Black-&-white Warbler 8/23 8/20 8/J4BA 8/14TA 8/1 9MO 8/20KE 8/20CA 8/2 IDO 8/24CE 8/25 G A 8/30UA American Redstart 8/21 8/14 7/23WO 8/7BA 8/7TA 8/13DC 8/13 A A 8/15MO 8/20CA 8/2 IKE 8/22CE 8/29 HA Oven bird 8/30 8/21 8/i mo 8/20KE 8/21 TA 8/23BA 8/25GA Northern Waterthrush 8/31 8/19 8/7TA 8/10PG S//9MO 8/20 C A 8/21 KE 8/26 A A Connecticut Warbler 9/12 9/13 9/SMO 9Z9PG 9/10CT 9/11 A A 9/12BA 9/1 3HO 9/14GA 9/18TA 9/18WO 9/24SM Mourning Warbler 9/4 8/18 8/7PG 8/I8UQ 9/12AA Wilson's Warbler 9/8 9/1 8/25BA 8/30PG 9/1 HO 9/ IKE 9/2GA 9/2MO 9/15CE Canada Warbler 8/20 8/17 8/7TA 8/8PG 8/10BA 8/14 A A 8/13M0 8/20 C A 8/2 IKE 8/23CE 8/25GA 8/28 HO Ro3e-breastcd Grosbeak 9/10 9/1 8/21 BA 8/22 HA 8/30CE 9/7GA 9/2PG 9/8TA 9/11 DC 9/1 1CH American Tree Sparrow 11/19 11/19 10/25AL 11/12GA 11/19BA 11/20MO 11/24CL 12/5PG Savannah Sparrow 9/25 9/28 9/9DC 9/13PG 9/17M0 9/25BA 10/1 AA L0/2CA 1Q/10FR 10/15AL Fox Sparrow 10/29 10/29 10/25HO 10/27MO 70K28PG 1 10/29WA 10/29 A A 10/30BA 11/4GA 11/5CA 77/ffKE u/m A Lincoln's Sparrow 9/26 9/25 9/1 4PG 9/24 BA 9/24 A A 9/27HA 9/28 MO 10/10FR Swamp Sparrow 10/4 10/2 9/24KE a/27MO 9/28DC 10/2BA 10/2TA 70K3HA 10/4CA 10/8AA 10/10FR 10/10HO White-throated Sparrow 9/29 9/27 9/23TA 9/25HA 9/26BA 9/27 PG 9/27 KE 9/28M0 9/28 A A 9/28CA 9/29G A 9/29CE White-crowned Sparrow 10/14 10/12 10/1 HA 10/4PG 10/5MO 10/9 BA 10/10FR 10/15AL 10/15SM L0/L6AA 1Q/16TA 10/18WA Dark-eyed Junco 10/4 9/29 9/1 5T A 9/23 CE 9/28BA 9/29HO 9/29M0 9/29PG 9/29KE 10/1 A A 10/2CH 10/4 HA Snow Bunting 11/18 10/25 10/23BA 10/23TA 10/25AA 1 1/1 Q A 11/14SM Bobolink 8/24 Sf 14 7/9 DO 7/10FR 7/31 BA 7/31CA 8/14PG 8/1 4SO 8/19MO 8/19W1 8/19WO 8/21TA Rusty Blackbird 10/17 10/27 9/25PG 10/14 HA 10/20KE 10/27 MO 11/3CH 11/6FR 11/6CL Purple Finch 10/4 9/19 8/31 PG 9/6KE 9/13CE 9/75BA 9/17MO 9/22HA 9/23GA 9/23TA 10/1 AL 10/1 AA Red Crossbill 11/22 10/20 10/1 BA 10/13WA 10/28CE Pine Siskin 10/23 10/24 10/8CE 10/15TA 10/16PG 10/16MO 10/23CA 10/26BA 10/29HA 10/29 DO 11/4GA 11/40HO Evening Grosbeak 11/4 10/29 10/27SM 10/28CE 10/29GA 10/29AL 10/29MO 10/30BA 11/7KE 11/8CA 11/8TA 11/19CH MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 11 The earliest arrival date for each species (Table 2) is listed first with successively later arrivals in each column. The latest departure date (Table 3) is listed first followed by successively earlier departures in each column. Observers Garrett — Fran Pope, Connie Skipper, Sallie Thayer. Allegany — Teresa Simons. Washington — Truman Doyle, Alice Mallonee. Frederick — Gus Daniels, David Wallace. Baltimore — John & Peg Barber, Peggy Bohanan, Gladys Cole, Bob Dixon, Hank Kaestner, Haven Kolb, Paul Noell, Bertha & Earl Rhoad, Barbara Ross, Nancy Rowe, Joe Schreiber, Steve Simon, Eddie Slaughter, Peter Webb, Jim Wilkin- son. Harford — Barbara Bilsborough, Rick Blom, Dennis & Jean Kirkwood, Betsy Reeder. Cecil — Sean McCandless. Howard — Jon E. & John K. Boone, Martha Chestem, Eileen Clegg, Chuck Dupree, Jane Farrell, Alice Grant, Mike Leumas, Chris Ludwig, Grazina & Mike Mc- Clure, Rosamond Munro, Bea Newkirk, Don & Jan Randle, Chandler Robbins, Jo Solem, Eva Sunell, Mark Wallace. Montgomery — Larry Bonham, Margaret Donnald, Michael O’Brien, Robert War- field. District of Columbia — David Czaplak. Prince Georges— Danny Bystrak, Ric Conn, Rich Dolesh, John Gregoire, Bill & Floyd Hayes, Wally Sumner. Anne Arundel — Alex & Helene Hammer, Wayne Klockner, Bob & Pat Melville, Gary & Sue Van Velsir. Charles — Paul Nistico. Calvert — Roger Anderson, Walter Kraus. St. Marys — Ronald Runkles, Ernie Willoughby, Erika Wilson. Kent — Jimmy Gruber, Dottie Mendinhall. Caroline — Ethel Engle, Jerry & Roberta Fletcher, Inez Glime, Marvin Hewitt, Alicia Knotts, Nancy Morgan, Mariana Nuttle, D. Turkington, Steve Westre. Table 3. Fall Departure Dates, 1983 Specie 10-Yr. Median 1983 Median Double-crested Cormorant 10/18 11/8 12/18WI 11/20TA 11/19BA 11/19DC 11/14SM ll/ICT 10/29 DO 10/22CA 10/18QA 10/1UGA Great Egret 10/9 10/25 1/8HA 12/27 SO 1I/6KE 10/29 DO 10/26 BA 10/23PG 10/16AA 10/15TA 10/9 WO 10/lCH Snowy Egret 10/13 10/19 12/28 WO 12/21 SO 10/29DO 10/23PG 10/22TA 10/16BA 10/11QA 10/8CT 9/12HA 9/4 FR Little Blue Heron 9/17 9/3 10/29DO io/iowo 9/3MO 8/21 T A 8/13HO Cattle Egret 10/12 10/9 10/25SM 10/23PG 10/14TA 10/9 WO 9/29 HA 9/1 5CT 9/14CA Green-backed Heron 10/4 10/19 12/14SO 1 1/9BA 10/3 IPG 10/29WA 10/22 HA 10/15HO 10/15TA I0/2CL 9/25FR 9/22CE Wood Duck 11/3 11/14 12/27SO 12/4GA 1 1/27 PG 11/17CE 11/15TA 11/11 WA 11/6FR 11/5BA 11/5BA 10/22 A L Blue-winged Teal 10/11 10/15 11/9CE 11/7PG 10/22 HA 10/16BA 10/15KE 10/14AL 10/10HO 10/ IOTA 9/19DC 9/15CH Osprey 10/18 11/4 1 2/14 W 1 11/25MO 11/23BA 1 1/19TA 11/7CT 11/lWA 10/25SM 10/22CA 10/20GA 10/16CE Broad winged Hawk 10/4 10/4 11/12BA 1 1/1 WA 10/23PG 10/12TA 10/9AA 9/28 HA 9/27 MO 9/25CH 9/24 CE 9/1 5C A Black-bellied Plover 10/14 11/23 12/27 SO 12/10BA 11/6TA 9/18MO Lesser Golden-Plover 9/30 10/2 10/22CA > 10/16BA 9/18MO 9/16TA Scmipalmatcd Plover 9/26 10/7 12/28WO 11/23CT 11/5BA 10/16FR 9/27 HO 9/15PG 9/8GA 9/8SM Greater Yellowlegs 11/3 11/12 12/14SO 12/3PG 11/28CA 11/15DC 1 1/12GA 11/12HA 11/6FR 10/22AL 10/20 HO 10/15TA Lesser Yellowlegs 10/11 10/19 11/9CE 11/5HO 10/30 BA 10/29PG 10/22CA 10/16FR 10/15MO 10/12AL 10/9 WO 9/24 T A Solitary Sandpiper 9/23 10/3 10/21 DC 10/16BA 10/15MO 10/3HO 10/2CH 9/18GA 9/18FR 9/5HA Spotted Sandpiper 9/28 10/12 12/4CL 10/22TA 10/16PG 10/14GA 10/9 BA 10/6SM 9/18HO 9/3FR Upland Sandpiper 8/25 9/11 9/16TA 9/11 BA 8/7 HO Red Knot 9/20 10/9 11/19WO 8/28 BA Semipalmated Sandpiper 10/2 10/1 12/2Q~ 10/21 A L 10/9BA 10/9 WO 10/1CT 9/25HO 9/24TA 9/23SM 9/1 1MO Western Sandpiper 10/9 10/22 12/28 WO 11/12BA 10/1CT 9/23SM Least Sandpiper 10/1 10/9 12/31AA 12/28 WO 10/16FR 10/9BA 9/27 HO 9/18GA 9/13PG White-rumped Sandpiper 9/6 11/20 12/10BA 1 1/20CL 11/6AA Pectoral Sandpiper 10/20 10/15 1 1/2 FR 10/22CA 10/18BA 10/15HO 10/9PG 9/23SM 9/18GA Stilt Sandpiper 9/26 10/6 10/10DO 10/9WO 10/2BA 8/29DC Short-billed Dowitcher 9/10 9/8 9/24TA 9/8 G A 9/8SM 8/28BA 8/26DC Laughing Gull 11/13 12/10 1/7CE 12/1 1 A A 12/11CT 12/10BA 12/6DC 11/27TA 10/22CA Caspian Tern 10/9 10/29 11/6SM 11/5BA 11/2QA 10/29 HA 10/29DO 10/25AA 10/24PG 10/9 WO 10/3DC 10/2TA Royal Tern 10/28 11/5 12/11 CT 11/20SM 11/12TA 11/5BA 11/4AA 10/29DO 10/22CA 10/9WO Common Tern 9/30 11/6 11/26WO 11/14SM 11/6CT 10/30 BA 10/30TA Forster's Tern 11/9 11/9 1 1/20 PG 11/14SM U/13CT 11/13TA 11/12BA 11/6KE 11/5DC 1 l/l Q A 10/30AA 10/29CE Least Tern 8/18 9/5 9/1 1CT 9/5BA 9/2DO Black-billed Cuckoo 9/27 9/23 10/8AL 9/24 HO 9/23GA 9/23 MO 9/22FR 9/1 8CT 9/14BA SW3.AA Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9/28 10/6 10/23PG ims A A 7O73M0 10/7BA 10/6SM 10/6CA KWH A 10/2TA 9/26 HO 9/18FR Common Nighthawk 9/22 9/17 10/9CE 10/4PG 9/29 KE 9/17FR 9/I7BA 9/16MO 9/11 HO 9/9TA 9/8CH 9/2 G A Whip-poor-will 9/15 10/8 10/lOBh JOWG 10/8KE 9/20HO 9/I9CA MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol.40 f No.l Chimney Swift 10/10 10/15 10/22 DC 10/17FR 10/16TA 10/15WA 10/15BA 10/14SM 10/13MO 10/12AL 10/10HO 10/10DO Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9/29 9/27 10/14WA 10/8PG 10/2HO 10/2TA 9/29SM 9/25 BA 9/24 HA 9/23CA 9/1 8CE SWSMO Olive-sided Flycatcher 9/7 9/17 9/1 7H A 9/17MO 9/9TA Eastern Wood-Pewee 10/2 10/3 10/29PG 10/15BA 10/7MO 10/6SM 10/4CH 10/2 A A 9/28CA 9/25FR 9/25HO 9/25TA Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 9/20 9/19 10/1 A A 9/2GPG 9/22MO 9/22UO 9/19H A 9/18GA 9/18CA 9/1 OB A Acadian Flycatcher 9/17 9/26 1 0/1 BA 10/1 HO 10/1 CT 9/27MQ 9/25PG 9/20CA 9/18CH 9/5 A A Traill’s Flycatcher 9/12 9/13 9/24BA 9/19AA 9/13PG 9/8M0 mow A Least Flycatcher 9/22 9/24 10/1QDO 9/27GA 9/25PG 9/23BA 9muo 9/14AA Eastern Phoebe 10/26 11/20 12/27SO 12/23BA 12/17AL 12/8HO 1 1/21 CA U/19PG 11/14SM 11/6KE 10/30TA 10/29CE Great Crested Flycatcher 9/16 9/20 9/29KE 9/28 PG 9/25DC 9/25TA 9/20CE 9/19CA 9/18FR 9/15CH 9/13 A A 9/8BA Eastern Kingbird 9/15 9/12 10/5CA 9/27 PG 9/24 BA 9/18TA 9/5CH 9/4 DC 9/3 SM 9/2HA Purple Martin 9/7 9/13 I0/23PG 10/2AA 9/17WI 9/15KE 9/1 5TA 9/11 BA 9/8SM 9/5CH 9/3 MO 9/1HO Tree Swallow 10/18 10/23 11/20KE 11/6TA 11/5CE 10/29CA 10/25SM 10/23GA 10/23AL 10/23PG 10/19HO 10/16FR Rough-winged Swallow 9/22 10/15 10/30FR 10/20SM 10/16TA 10/15MO 10/13BA 9/12PG 9/lCT Bank Swallow 9/13 9/18 10/12PG 9/25BA 9/24 CL 9/24 MO 9/18FR 9/17TA 9/10HO 9/1 CT 8/31SM Cliff Swallow 9/7 9/11 9/18MO 9/1 5PG 9/12HA 9/11 BA 9/10HO 9/4 FR 9/lCT Barn Swallow 9/26 9/28 10/25HO 10/22TA 10/16FR 10/16PG 10/2BA 9/24 CL 9/24HA 9/23 SM 9/21CE 9/17MO House Wren 10/12 10/12 11/27MO 1 1/14 BA 1 1/6SM 10V2PG 10/14 A A 10/9HA 1 0/9T A 10/2CL 10/2CH 9/30GA Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9/16 9/22 10/27 A A 10/8TA 9/24 BA 9/23SM 9/22CA 9/18CE 9/1 SPG 9/10FR 9/5CH Vecry 9/27 10/2 7//7KE ;o«pg 10/8TA 10/6 BA 10/6CA SK2SMO 9/27 A A 9/24 SM 9/23 HO 9/19BA Gray-cheeked Thrush 10/9 10/8 10/25BA lo/imo 10/14AA 10/11 PG 10/8TA 10/6CA 10/2GA 9/29 HO 9/23SM Swainson's Thrush 10/14 10/16 1 1/27 A A 1J/7KE 10/26MQ 10/17PG 10/16TA 10/15BA 10/4GA 10/3SM 10/2CA 10/1 A L Wood Thrush 10/11 10/9 10/1 SPG 10/15 A A 10/11BA 10/9 MO 10/6CA 10/2GA 9/26WA Gray Catbird 10/22 10/25 J7/22PG 11/20MO 11/13BA 10/28 HA 10/22TA 10/21 AL 10/10HO 10/1 OCA Brown Thrasher 10/19 10/20 11/27PG 10/25MO 10/22CA 10/22TA 10/20 BA 10/3WA 10/2HO 10/2CH 10/lAA White-eyed Vireo 9/30 10/2 1 1/14 BA 10/8PG ion . BKE 10/2DC 10/2CH 10/2SM 10/1 AA 9/26 W A 9/25TA 9/24 HO Solitary Vireo 10/U 10/16 10/28PG 10/26BA 10/25MO 10/20 HA 10/16AA 1Q/15KE 10/9AL 10/9CA 10/8CE 10/3SM Yellow-throated Vireo 9/14 9/21 10/16K.E 10/1 PG 9/28CE 9/23 HO 9/23TA 9/18MO 9/1 7BA 9/17CA 9/1 5CH 9/llAA Warbling Vireo 9/15 9/14 10/6PG 9/22FR 9/17CA 9/11 MO 9/1 1 AA 9/10BA Philadelphia Vireo 9/27 10/2 10/8MO 10/5PQ 10/2GA 10/2HO 9/24TA 9/22 HA . Red-eyed Vireo 10/3 10/13 11/ IPG 10/30CA 10/26SM 10/15BA 10/15HA 10/ltMO < < 1 10/2 HO 10/2CH 9/24 G A Blue-winged Warbler 9/15 9/14 9/22BA 9/i mo 9/14 PG 9/13FR 9/5HO Golden-winged Warbler 9/8 9/10 9/23 T A 9/10DC 9/8CE Tennessee Warbler 10/9 10/10 10/22PG 10/16 A A 10/15SM 1 0/1 4 H A 1O/10BA 10/10HO 10/9TA 10/8AL 10/5GA HVdMO Orange-crowned Warbler _ 10/15 10/20MO 10/10FR Nashville Warbler 10/7 10/10 10/18FR 10/18 A A 10/17 MO 10/15TA 1Q/5BA 10/5PG 9/30GA 9/2.5K E Northern Parula 10/5 10/7 10/25 A A 10/14PG 1O/10BA 10/8 DC 10/8KE 10/6SM 10/3CA 10/1 HO 9/25FR 9/25TA Yellow Warbler 9/16 9/9 9/25TA 9/12PG 9/9DC 9/8 BA 9/5CA 9/3 A A CO March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Table 3 (con’t.). Fall Departure Dates, 1983 SpECieH 10-Yr. Median 1983 Median Chestnut-sided Warbler 9/26 9/30 10/1SGA 10/1 OCA 10/7PG 10/2DC 10/2 A A 9/27 HO 9/26SM 9/25 BA 9/25 HA 9/24 T A Magnolia Warbler 10/9 10/16 11/16H0 11/7BA 10/23CA io/2 mo 10/16AA 10/15SM 10/9TA 10/8AL 10/7PG 10/3HA Cape May Warbler 10/7 10/10 10/28PG 10/24 A A 10/15BA 10/14TA 10/1 OHO 10/9 DC 10/8AL 10/6SM 10/6CA 10/4GA Black-throated Blue Warbler 10/10 10/8 10/17MO 10/1 7 PG 10/15 BA 10/14AA 10/8GA 10/7CA 10/6HA 10/2CH 10/1 HO 10/ISM Black-throated Green Warbler 10/11 10/15 11/13DC 11/6KE 10/16AA 10/15FR 10/15MO 10/1 5CA 10/14HA 10/1 OHO 10/8AL 10/7BA Blackburnian Warbler 9/25 10/1 10/14PG 10/2CH 10/1BA 10/1 A A 10/ISM 9/30HA 9/25FR 9/25HO 9/24 MO 9/24TA Yellow-throated Warbler 9/13 9/11 9/24 BA 9/18FR 9/1 1CT 9/lOMO 9/9TA Pine Warbler 10/2 10/16 11/27PG 1 1/24 DC 11/21SM 10/16CT 10/16TA 10/15CA 10/7AL 10/1 AA 9/29BA 9/24 HO Prairie Warbler 9/18 9/26 10/20SM 10/10CA 9/26HO 9/25PG 9/25TA 9/24 MO 9/15BA 9/15 A A Palm Warbler 10/23 10/18 ///•7BA 10/30TA 10/29PG 10/26 DC 10/23GA I0/20KF. 10/16A A 10/1 GSM 1 0/1 4 HO 10/9WO Bay breasted Warbler 9/30 10/2 10/12MO 10/10BA 10/7PG 10/6SM 10/2TA 10/1 HO 10/1 A A 9/29HA 9515 GA 9/25K E Blackpoll Warbler 10/9 10/8 10/22CA 10/16PC 10/15 A A 10/14MO I0/9CE 10/6SM 10/ 1 CT 9/29BA 9/25 HO 9/24 T A Hlack-&-white Warbler 10/8 10/5 10/16AA 10/16TA 10/9PG 10/7BA 10/6SM 10/4HO 10/2M0 10/2CH 9/24CA 9T2.1 GA American Redstart 10/6 10/12 10/imo 10/16TA 10/15PG 10/1 5CA 10/13BA 1Q/10HO < | 10/8AA 10/6SM 10/4WA Prothonotary Warbler 8/26 9/13 9/25CA 9/23 A L 9/3MO 9/3 A A Worm-eating Warbler 9/7 9/16 9/-70KE 9/22 BA 9/I7RA 9/14 MO 9/14 A A 9/10CA Oven bird 10/6 10/7 10/30MO 10/15PG 10/11 BA 10/11 AA 10/8CE 10/6HA 10/IGA 9/26 W A 9/26 HO 9/25, SM Northern Waterthrush 9/25 9/27 lo/imo 10/10CA 10/9 A A 9/28KA 9/25HO 9/24 H A 9/24TA 9/22PG Louisiana Waterthrush 8/25 9/9 9/18FR 9/15CH 9/2PG 8/24 MO Kentucky Warbler 9/4 9/10 9/16M0 9/10BA 9/2 HO mo A A Connecticut Warbler 9/29 9/30 10/18 PG 1051 A A 10/8AL m 6-MO 9/30GA 9/29BA 9/24SM 9/24 C A 9/I8WO Mourning Warbler 9/24 9/24 10/8CE 10/2DC 9/27GA 9/24 A A 9/24 KE 9/22PG 9/18 9/I8CT Common Ycllowthroat 10/19 10/17 11/1 3 AL 1 1/7 PG 10/26SM I0/22HA io/imo 10/I6AA 10/1 OTA I0/15FH 10/1 5R A 10/I2CA Hooded Warbler 9/19 9/21 10/3HO 9/29KE 9/2.1 GA 9/22 BA 9/21 PG 9/1 1 A A 9/5CH .9/4 MO 9/1 CT Wilson's Warbler 9/22 9/22 10/15SM 9/24 BA 9/23TA 9/22FK 9/22HA 9/22DC 9/1 8CK 9//.7PG 9///K K Canada Warbler 9/23 9/24 9/27PA 9/28 MO 9/25FR 9/25 A A 9/24TA 9/22 HA 9/21 PG 9/1 ICE 9/9 SM Yellow-breasted Chat 9/29 9/18 10/8PG 10/1 BA 9/28MO 9/18HO 9/17 A A 9/8TA 9/7SM Summer Tanager 9/21 9/19 10/1 5C A 10/1 PG 9/25SM 9/19 MO 9/17 A A 9/15RA 9/I3CE Scarlet Tanager 10/5 10/9 10/23GA 10/20SM 10/1 GA L 10/141 1A imAA 10/HfAO I0/5PG I0/.1UA I0/3CA I0/2C1I Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10/5 10/9 1 0/18 A A 10/15BA I0/10MO 10/9 HO 10/9PG 10/8CA 10/2TA I0/1CE 10/ICH 9/26SM Blue Grosbeak 9/19 10/3 10/llPG I0/8TA 10/3 DC I0/3CA I0/2CH 9/1 3SM 9/1 HA Indigo Bunting 10/5 10/10 10/21MO 10/18 A A 10/15HA 10/13CE 10/11 PG 10/8TA I0/7CA 10/7SM 1 0/1 BA 10/1110 Chipping Sparrow 11/1 11/11 11/26TA 11/20CH 1I/14PG 11/14CA I1/12KE II/7MO II/6CT 1 1/2.SM 10/29CE 10/29A A Lincoln's Sparrow 10/18 10/10 1 1/1 1 BA 10/22CA 10/15AL 10/10FR 10/10PG 10/9 MO 9/10 A A Bobolink 9/23 9/26 10/16TA 10/5CE 9/26MO 9/26 PG 9/25I1A 9/1 IKK 9/1 1 A A 9/7CA Orchard Oriole 8/18 8/21 9/4 C A 8/2 1 T A 8/21DO 8/14FK H/7 A A Northern Oriole 9/22 9/30 11/2TA I0/I7SM 10/2AI, 10/1 PG 9/30 HA 9/1 1 A A 9/1 0KR 9/.VMO 'W/IIA MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 15 Talbot -Terry Allen, Henry Armistead, D. & H. Bozman, P. Creighton, J. Crump, Jeff Effinger, Robert Foiker, Steve Goodbred Jr. and Sr., Dick Kleen, Don Meritt, Jan Reese, Oliver Smith, D. Stone, Kathleen & Robert Trever. Dorchester — Dan Boone. Wicomico — Sam Dyke, Charles Vaughn. Worcester — Maurice Barnhill, Scott Ward, Hal Wierenga. Abbreviations: NWR National Wildlife Refuge, PWRC Patuxent Wildlife Re- search Center, TCBC Talbot County Bird Club, WMA Wildlife Management Area. Loons , Grebes. Red-throated Loons away from the coast were reported at Hart- Miller on Oct. 16 and 23 (Blom + ), 2 flying over Rockville on Oct. 21 (O’Brien), in D.C. on Oct. 27 (Czaplak), on Loch Raven on Nov. 9 (Noell), and at Claiborne on Nov. 11 (Effinger). One or two Common Loons lingered in the Hart-Miller area throughout August (Blom + ). An early concentration of 18 Common Loons was seen in the bay off Damsite, Kent County on Sept. 26 by Gruber who also found 50 on Eastern Bay on Oct. 24 and 1125 there on Nov. 1. Another 30 dropped into Broadford Reservoir in Garrett County during a snowstorm on Nov. 12 (Ringler) and 21 were off Blackwalnut Point in Talbot County on Nov. 27 (Reese, Effinger). An early migrant Pied-billed Grebe was on Loch Raven on Aug. 12 (Dixon) while high counts for the season were 12 at West Ocean City on Oct. 4 (Slaughter), 24 on Deep Creek Lake on Nov. 18 (Skipper), and 12 at Loch Raven on Nov. 23 (Simon). Gruber noted the build-up of Horned Grebes on Eastern Bay from 25 on Oct. 24 to 250 on Oct. 31 and 450 on Nov. 1. There were 50 off Tilghman and Sherwood on Nov. 23 (Reese, Effinger). The only Red-necked Grebe of the season was at Hart- Miller on Oct. 30 (Kaestner + ). An Eared Grebe was photographed at Hart-Miller on Oct. 16 (Blom + ), the second fall record of this species for the state. Pelicans, Cormorants. On Aug. 26 the Hayes' and Bennett saw 7 Brown Pelicans flying over Assateague Island, and a very late individual was seen circling and diving off-shore from Assateague on Nov. 27 (William C. Doak). Immature Great Cormorants were seen on Sept. 17 at Bozman (Kleen), Oct. 9-10 at Ocean City (Ringler + ), and at Blackwalnut Point on Oct. 16 (Goodbred + ). The Talbot County sightings are the first there and represent a further increase in records of this species in the central part of the bay. Double-crested Cormorants are wide-ranging migrants overland and along the major rivers. It is no surprise that we obtain so many interesting records such as 15 at Denton on Aug. 15 (C. Fletcher), 2 flying along Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County on Aug. 18 (Boone), 100 at Sandy Point on Oct. 2, 18 in D.C. on Oct. 6 (Czaplak), an immature on Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 10 (Pope), 75 off Love Point Light on Oct. 18 (Gruber), 85 at Point Lookout on Oct. 25 (Wilson), 300 at Barren Island on Oct. 29 (Armistead), and 22 at Cove Point on Nov. 1 (Blom). Late birds were at Hart-Miller on Nov. 19 (Ringler), in D.C. on the same day (Czaplak), and 2 at Blackwalnut Point on the 20th (Reese, Effinger). Herons, Ibis. An early American Bittern was at West Ocean City on Oct. 9 and a late Least Bittern was at Lilypons on Aug. 13 (Ringler). The Nanjemoy Heronry Stewardship Committee counted 953 used nests of Great Blue Herons there on 16 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol.40, No. 1 Nov. 19 (Robbins + ). It is likely that not all of these were active in the previous breeding season. Blom counted 19 Great Egrets and 16 Snowy Egrets at Back River on Oct. 5. An estimated 100 Snowy Egrets were seen at Blackwalnut Point on Aug. 21 (Effinger + ). Little Blue Herons made a slightly stronger showing than usual this summer with 5 at Hughes Hollow in Montgomery County from July 23 to Sept. 3 (Bonham + ), 2 at Lilypons in Frederick County from Aug. 6-13 (D. Wallace + ), and 5 at West Ocean City Oct. 4-5 (Slaughter). A Tricolored Heron was far upriver at D.C. on Aug. 16 (Czaplak). A Cattle Egret was near Greensboro on Aug. 20 (Ringler) and flocks of 25 at St. Jerome’s Neck on Aug. 31 (Wilson), 250 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 8 (Effinger), 31 at Tanyard on Sept. 14 (Engle), and 10 at Berlin on Oct. 9 (Ringler) were also reported. As usual the high count of Green- backed Herons was at Lilypons with about 25 on Aug. 7 and 13 (D. Wallace); late birds were at Downsville in Washington County on Oct. 29 (Mallonee) and Roland Park on Nov. 9 (Noel!). Two immature Black-crowned Night-Herons continued at Lilypons through Aug. 14 (D. Wallace + ) and others were seen at Back Creek in Talbot County on Sept. 18 (Merritt + ) and at Queenstown Creek on Oct. 2 (Gruber). A Glossy Ibis was at Lilypons, Sept. 4-18 (D. Wallace). Swans, Geese. An early flock of 16 Tundra Swans was at Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 20 (Pope). Other concentrations were 2000 flying south over Tanyard on Nov. 25 (Engle), and on the 26th in Talbot County, 400 from St. Michaels to Tarr Island (Effinger) and 530 at Rigby’s Folly near Bellevue (Armistead). A Mute Swan of unknown origin was at Loch Raven from Oct. 13 to Dec. 21 (Noell + ). There were 3 in Piscataway Creek on Nov. 20 (Nisttco + ) and 12 at Hooper Island on Oct. 29 (Armistead). A Greater White-fronted Goose on Oct. 21 was rare for D.C. (Czaplak) and one in Harford County returned to the Mitchells’ farm near Churchville on Nov. 19 (Kirkwood + ) for its third consecutive year. Stray Snow Geese were widely reported with 20 at Wittman on Oct. 25 (Effinger), an immature in D.C. (Czaplak) and an adult at Hart-Miller (Ringler +) on Nov. 5, 200+ at Goldsboro (Fletchers) and 3 at theEaston sewage lagoons (Effinger) on Nov. 6, and 3 at Elkton on Nov. 13 (McCandless). The only “Blue" Geese reported away from Blackwater were 8 at Remington Farms on Oct. 9 with 16 there the following day (Gruber). A flock of 11 Brant in D.C. on Oct. 20 (Czaplak) was rare that far up the Potomac. Local Canada Geese started wandering during the summer with 22 at Liberty Reservoir on Aug. 13 (Ringler). The 4 at Bozman on Sept. 14 (Effinger) are a little early to be true migrants and we can only speculate on their source. The major flight of Canada Geese occurred throughout the state on Oct. 7-9 (many observers). Some flocks that had settled in for the season on the Piedmont were 150 at Lilypons on Nov. 6 (D. Wallace), 1500 at Piney Run on Nov. 20 (Blom), and 550 on Loch Raven on Dec. 5 (Simon). Dabbling Ducks. There were 45 Wood Ducks at Lilypons on Aug. 7 (D. Wallace), 25 at Mountain Lake Park on Aug. 17 where 2 remained on Nov. 20 (Pope), and 70 at Pinto on Sept. 23 with the last on Oct. 22 (Simons). Early Green-winged Teal were 2 at Lilypons on Aug. 13 (Ringler), 6 at Blackwater on Aug. 21 (Wilson), and 1 on the Youghiogheny River near Oakland on Aug. 23 (Thayer); 40 were at Remington Farms on Oct. 9 (Gruber). Czaplak counted 210 Mallards in D.C. on Sept. 30. There were 300 Northern Pintails at Blackwater on Sept. 2 (Armistead + ), 3 at Back River on Sept. 29 (Blom), 250 at Remington Farms on Oct. 10 (Gruber), 5 at Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 25 (Pope), and 28 in D.C. on Nov. 24 (Czaplak). An early Blue-winged Teal was at Lilypons on Aug. 6 (Ringler) and 21 were there on Sept. 11 (D. Wallace). There were 100 at Blackwater on Sept. 2 March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 17 (Armistead + ) and a late one in Prince Georges County on Nov. 7 (Conn). There were 35 Northern Shovelers at Remington Farms on Oct. 9 (Gruber), and 1 at Boonsboro on Nov. 11 (Ringler) was rare in Washington County. An early American Wigeon was at Sparrows Point on Sept. 11 (Ringler) and 46 on Loch Raven on Nov. 16 (Simon). Diving Ducks. Counts of Canvasbacks were 300 at North Beach on Nov. 1 (Blom), 30 on the Potomac River at the mouth of Piscataway Creek on Nov. 5 (Nistico), 75 at Tilghman on Nov. 21 (Effinger), 290 at Masonville in Baltimore on Nov. 23 (Ringler) and 20 in D.C. the same day (Czaplak). Redheads, which have become scarce in the state, were seen in D.C. on Oct. 22 (Czaplak), 2 at Piscataway on Oct. 30 (Nistico), 2 near Madonna on Nov. 3 and later (Kirkwood), and 6 on Broadford Reservoir on Nov. 12 (Ringler). Two Ring-necked Ducks in D.C. on Sept. 5 (Czaplak) may have summered locally while 180 there on Oct. 29 were definitely migrants Czaplak). An early Ring-neck was at West Ocean City on Oct. 9 (Ringler + ) and other flocks were 60 at Rocky Gap on Oct. 27 and 110 at Piney Run on Nov. 20 (Blom). Blom also estimated 1500 Greater Scaup at North Beach on Nov. 1. Counts of Lesser Scaup included 375 at Bloody Point on Nov. 1 (Gruber) and 225 in Garrett County on Nov. 12 (Ringler). Early Oldsquaws were 32 at Love Point on Oct. 24 (Gruber) and 1 at Masonville on Oct. 26 (Ringler). Other counts were 7 in D.C. on Nov. 5 (Czaplak), 147 in St. Marys County on Nov. 14 (Wilson), and 1500 at Tilghman on Nov. 27 (Reese, Effinger). Gruber found 62 Black Scoters on Eastern Bay on Oct. 24 and 1 was at Tilghman on Oct. 30 (Reese + ). Rare inland were single Black Scoters at Piney Run on Nov. 6 and Broadford Reservoir on Nov. 12 (Ringler). One Surf Scoter at Ocean City on Aug. 13 (Sumner) probably summered. Other counts were 75 on Eastern Bay on Oct. 24, 250 there on Nov. 1 (Gruber), 165 in St. Marys County on Oct. 25 (Wilson), and 400 at Tilghman on Nov. 27 (Effinger, Reese). White-winged Scoters began with 11 off Damsite in Kent County on Sept. 24 (Gruber), 500 at Blackwalnut Point on Oct. 22 (Allen, Effinger), 155 on Eastern Bay on Oct. 24 and 250 there on Nov. 1, and 200 at Love Point on Oct. 25 (all by Gruber), 40 at Hooper Island on Oct. 29 (Armistead), 42 in St. Marys County on Nov. 14 (Wilson), and 600 at Tilghman on Nov. 27 (Reese, Effinger). Approximately 1575 scoters (mostly unidentified) were off North Beach on Nov. 1 (Blom). There were 30 Common Goldeneyes at Eastern Neck on Oct. 18 (Gruber) and 30 at Piscataway on Nov. 13 (Nistico). Counts of Buffleheads included 50 on Deep Creek Lake on Nov. 13 (Ringler + ) and 62 in D.C. on Nov. 23 (Czaplak). There were 70 Hooded Mergansers on Deep Creek Lake on Nov. 13 (Ringler), 80 at Piney Run on Nov. 20 (Blom), and 35 near Largo on Nov. 27 (Sumner). Reese and Effinger counted 65 Red-breasted Mergansers at Tilghman on Nov. 20. Summering Ruddy Ducks, single birds with no evidence of breeding, were at Cuckold Point on Aug. 7 (Ringler + ) and on the Manokin River the same day (Dyke). An early migrant was at Back River on Sept. 23 (Simon) and later counts were 300 at Masonville on Oct. 26 (Ringler), 300 at North Beach on Nov. 1 (Blom), and 104 on the Easton sewage lagoons on Nov. 6 (Effinger). Diurnal Raptors. High counts of Black Vultures for the season were 60 at Lilypons on Sept. 18 (D. Wallace), 40 at Knoxville in Frederick County on Nov. 13 (Warfield), and 39 in St. Marys County on Nov. 14 (Wilson). An early migrant Osprey was at Lilypons on Aug. 6 (Ringler) and late migrants were at Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 20 (Pope), 2 at Scientist Cliffs on Nov. 7 (Anderson) at Newcomb on Nov. 19 (Meritt), and Great Falls on Nov. 25 (Peter Vankevich). A Bald Eagle was at Triadelphia Reservoir in Howard County on Oct. 2 (Ringler), an adult was 18 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 sitting on the flats at the mouth of the Susquehanna River on Oct. 29 (Ringler), 3 were at Scientist Cliffs on Nov. 7 (Anderson), and a pair were refurbishing a nest at Covey’s Landing in Caroline County on Nov. 22 (Engle). A migrant Northern Harrier was at Mountain Lake Park on Aug. 21 (Pope) and another on Nov. 13 was standing at the edge of Deep Creek Lake eating a Ruddy Duck (Ringler, Hammers). A strong movement of Sharp-shinned Hawks was noted in Talbot County in early October with 26 at Rigby’s Folly on the 8th (Armistead), 18 at Claiborne on the 10th and 34 at Bay Hundred on the 11th (Effinger). Boone found a Northern Goshawk near Carey Run on Sept. 11. The major flight of Broad-winged Hawks across the Piedmont occurred on Sept. 15 when about 1000 were seen at Lake Roland (Bohanan + ) and about 2000 over Rockville (O’Brien). By comparison, minor flights of Broad-wings were 12 at Wittman on Sept. 9 (Effinger) and 20 at turn Suden Sanctuary on Sept. 28 (Blom). Late Broad-wings were at Wittman on Oct. 12 (Effinger), Oregon Ridge Park on Oct. 15 (Bob Stanhope + ), in D.C. on Oct. 22 (Czaplak), and at Towson on Nov. 12 (Kaestner). Rough-legged Hawks were seen in northeastern Baltimore County on Oct. 29 (Slaughter), a dark-phase at Sycamore Landing on Nov. 5 (Mike Bowen), Eastern Neck on Nov. 26 (Peter Vankevich), and a dark-phase at Centreville on Nov. 29 (Gruber). Golden Eagles were reported from Oregon Ridge Park, an immature on Oct. 15 (Stanhope + ), an adult over George- town Reservoir on Nov. 2 and 19 (Czaplak), and an immature at Queenstown on Nov. 9 (Gruber). Early American Kestrel migrants were 1 at St. Michaels on Aug. 7 (Reese) and 11 at Wittman on Aug. 10 (Effinger). Merlins were seen in D.C- on Sept. 11 and Nov. 11 (Czaplak), at Elkton on Oct. 2 (McCandless), Hart-Miller on Oct. 9 (Blom + ), Damsite on Oct. 16 (Gruber), Point Lookout on Oct. 20 (Runkles), and at Tanyard on Nov. 27 (Engle). A total of 217 Merlins was observed during the season by Scott Ward's banding teams on Assateague. Ward reports that 116 Peregrine Falcons were captured and 631 observed on Assateague Island, Md./Va. from Sept. 17 through Oct. 21. Five Peregrines that had previously been banded were captured. Three of these were immature females released by Cornell at Clay Island, Md., Cobb Island, Va. and Mt. Horrid, Vt. One was an adult female hatched by a captive-produced wild pair at Sea Isle City, N.J. and caught on the Wash Flats at Chincoteague NWR, Va. The fifth bird was an immature female banded during the summer of 1983 in Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland. This is the third known recovery of a Greenland peregrine on Assateague in the past two years. Other Peregrines were seen at Hart-Miller on Aug. 28 (Blom + ), in D.C. on Oct. 3 (Czaplak), at Elkton on Oct. 8 (McCandless), and at Ocean City on Oct. 9 when one harassed the shorebird flock on the flats until it caught a Sanderling (Ringler). Gallinaceous Birds. Phyllis Ewald photographed a Chukar that visited her home in Rockville, Aug. 10-13. This was obviously an escape. A Wild Turkey surprised Fran Pope by flying across Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 20. Fran Nahrgang enter- tained a leucistic Northern Bobwhite in Columbia from Nov. 4 into December. It arrived with a flock of normal-plumaged birds and had dark eyes. Moorhens, Coots, Rails, Crane. A King Rail was found at Point Lookout on Nov. 12 (George Fenwick). Armistead heard 9 Virginia Rails along Elliott Island Road on Oct. 29 along with 1 Sora. Other reported Soras were an adult near Shawsville in Harford County on Sept. 5 (Kirkwood), an immature at Lilypons on Sept. 11 (D. Wallace) where Gus Daniels found 4 on Oct. 10, and an immature in D.C. on Sept. 19 (Czaplak). Czaplak found 2 adult and 3 immature Common Moorhens in D.C. on Aug. 4, 2 of which remained on the 28th. An immature moorhen was found dead on the tennis courts at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia on Sept. 21 (Sunell) March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 19 Table 4. Hawk Migration at Monument Knob, Washington Monument State Park, Fall 1983 Species Total First Last Best Days Opsrey 73 8/23 11/1 Bald Eagle 5 9/15 10/9 Northern Harrier 57 9/17 11/14 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1211 8/29 11/22 96 on 10/8, 138 on 10/14, 172 on 10/13 Cooper’s Hawk 102 9/14 11/13 22 on 10/8, 22 on 10/16, 14 on 10/21 Northern Goshawk 5 10/16 11/11 Red-shouldered Hawk 91 9/1 11/21 12 on 10/22, 1 1 on 10/18, 9 on 10/21 Broad-winged Hawk 2030 8/14 11/1 628 on 9/15, 350 on 9/18, 304 on 9/16 Red-tailed Hawk 1211 8/24 11/27 250 on 10/27, 173 on 10/21. 99 on 10/31 Rough-legged Hawk 1 11/4 Golden Eagle 4 10/16 11/29 American Kestrel 42 8/24 10/30 Merlin* 8 9/23 10/16 Peregrine Falcon 6 10/9 10/14 4 on 10/10 Total 4846 8/14 11/29 Data submitted by Truman Doyle but this represents the work of many observers, mostly from the Washington County Chapter of MOS. Table 5. Hawk Migration in Talbot County, Fall 1983 Species S/14 9/8 9/10 9/11 9/15 9/17 10 /N 10/16 10/22 10/22 10/30 Black Vulture _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 7 _ 1 4 Turkey Vulture + - - - - - 2 18 - 12 20 Osprey 16 4 7 - - 6 - 4 - 2 - Bald Eagle 2 - Northern Harrier — — — 2 9 — 12 — Sharp-shinned Hawk - - - - - 1 1 71 17 2 Cooper’s Hawk — - - - — - 1 - 2 1 - Red shouldered Hawk 2 — Broad-winged Hawk 1 - 15 - - 32 - - - - - Red-tailed Hawk — — — — — — — — 9 5 - Rough-legged Hawk - - - - - - - - 1 1 - American Kestrel 3 19 3 29 36 — 3 3 15 3 2 The location of observations of Oct. 14. 16, and 30 is Tilghman. On 10/22 the first column of observations are from Black- walnut Point and the second column from Rigby’s Folly near Bellevue. All other dates are from Blackwalnut Point. Data from Rigby’s Folly by Armistead. Data from other locations submitted by Effinger but representing observations of the Talbot County Bird Club. and a live immature Moorhen was at the West Ocean City Pond on Oct. 9 (Ringler + ). An early American Coot was at Lilypons on Sept. 25 (D. Wallace); high counts for the season were 450 on Deep Creek Lake on Nov. 13 (Ringler + ) and 150 on Loch Raven on Nov. 16 and later (Simon). Joe Ondek photographed a Sandhill Crane that was near Cecilton in Cecil County from Nov. 20 into December. Plovers, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets. A Black-bellied Plover was in D.C. on Sept. 9 (Czaplak), 1 at Summit Hall Turf Farm, Sept. 11-18 (Roger Anderson + ), 10 on Bar Neck on Tilghman Island on Sept. 17 (R. Trever), and at Tarr Island in Talbot County, 2 on Sept. 24 (Effinger), 1 on Oct. 30 and 1 on Nov. 6 (Reese). Two Lesser Golden-Plovers were in D.C. Sept. 9-11 (Czaplak), up to 4 at Summit Hall, Sept. 11-18 (Roger Anderson + ), and a late 1 in Caroline County near Choptank on Oct. 22 (Ringler, Engle). Wilson found 4 Semipalmated Plovers at Point Lookout on 20 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol.40, No. 1 Aug. 31, Klockner found 3 at Piney Dam Reservoir in Garrett County on Sept. 8, and 2 late birds were at Hart-Miller on Nov. 5 (Ringler + ). The only migrant Piping Plover of the season was at Hart-Miller on Aug. 28 (Kaestner + ). High counts of Killdeer were mediocre this year with 48 at Lilypons on Oct. 16 (D. Wallace), 40 at Church Hill on Oct. 21 (Gruber), and 70 at Piney Run on Nov. 24 (Ringler). There were 31 American Oystercatchers remaining at Ocean City on Nov. 18 (Bonham). Sumner found 6 Black-necked Stilts at Deal Island WMA on Aug. 13 and 1 remained to the 26th (Bonham). The only American Avocets of the season were at Hart-Miller (Table 1). Sandpipers. The high count of Greater Yellowlegs was 9 at Tarr Island on Sept. 24 (Effinger); late birds were 5 at Turkey Neck on Deep Creek Lake on Nov. 10 (Pope), 1 at Broadford Reservoir in the snow on Nov. 12 (Ringler), 1 in D.C. on Nov. 15 (Czaplak), and 4 at Tanyard on Nov. 28 (Engle). Blom counted 61 Lesser Yellowlegs on Sept. 13 at Back River. Late Solitary Sandpipers were at Back River on Oct. 16 (Blom + ) and in D.C. on Oct. 21 (Czaplak). Late Spotted Sandpipers were on the Youghiogheny River near Oakland on Oct. 14 (Thayer) and at Piney Run on Nov. 27 (Ringler). Upland Sandpiper reports were 1 in Columbia on Aug. 7 (Chestem), 2 at Easton on Aug. 20 (Ringler), 9 in southern Frederick County on Aug. 20-27 (O’Brien + ), and 2 on Tilghman Island on Sept. 16 (Slaughter). Marbled Godwits were seen on 5 occasions at Hart-Miller (Table 1). A Ruddy Turnstone was unusual inland at Beltsville on Sept. 12-13 (Sumner + ). The only reports of Red Knot away from Hart-Miller were 1 in D.C. on Aug. 28 (Czaplak) and 30 at Ocean City on Nov. 19 (Bonham). Interesting reports of Sanderlings were 2 at Point Lookout on Aug. 31 (Wilson), 10 at Sandy Point on Sept. 16 (Klockner), 9 at Tarr Island on Sept. 24 (Effinger), and 1 at Sandy Point on Nov. 19 (Hammer). Wilson counted 32 Semipalmated Sandpipers at Point Lookout on Aug. 31 and a late bird was on Kent Island on Dec. 2 (Gruber). Wilson also found 7 Western Sandpipers in southern St. Marys County on Aug. 31. Late reports of White-rumped Sandpipers were at Sandy Point (Van Velsir) and Chesapeake Beach (Kraus) both on Nov. 6 and 3 at Piney Run on Nov. 20 (Blom). The only Baird’s Sandpipers outside of Hart- Miller were singles in D.C. on Aug. 18 (Czaplak) and at Back River on Sept. 13 (Blom). There were 35 Pectoral Sandpipers at Lilypons on Oct. 10 (D. Wallace). A Purple Sandpiper seen at Ocean City on Sept. 30 and Oct. 9 (Wierenga + ) may have summered locally as this is extraordinarily early for a true migrant. Different individual Purple Sandpipers (determined by soft part coloration) were seen at Hart-Miller on Nov. 12 and 19 (Kaestner + ). This is the farthest north in the bay that the species has been seen. Reports of Dunlins included 6 at Tarr Island on Sept. 24 and 18 there on Nov. 27 (Effinger + ), 1 at Back River on Sept. 29 (Blom), 3 at Sandy Point on Oct. 8 (Nistico), 1 in D.C. on Oct. 14 (Czaplak), 1 at Lilypons on Oct. 15 with 29 Pectoral Sandpipers (Hammer), 2 at Point Lookout on Oct. 20 (Wilson), 1 at Denton on Oct. 22 (Ringler), 2 at Chesapeake Beach on Nov. 1 (Blom), 1 at Sandy Point on Nov. 4 (Klockner), and 1 at Kent Narrows on Nov. 5 (Gruber). A Stilt Sand- piper was in D.C. on Aug. 27-29 (Czaplak) while the high count at Back River was 11 on Sept. 13 (Blom) and 4 were at West Ocean City on Oct. 8-9 (Slaughter + ). Buff- breasted Sandpipers away from Hart-Miller were singles at Sandy Point on Sept. 16 (Klockner) and at Summit Hall Turf Farm on the 18th (Don Weisman). Short- billed Dowitchers were at Piscataway on July 31 (Nistico), 2 in D.C. on Aug. 27 (Czaplak), 2 at Piney Dam Reservoir in Garrett County on Sept. 8 (Klockner), 2 at Point Lookout on Sept. 8 (Wilson, Runkles), 1 at Lilypons on Sept. 11 (D. Wallace), and 2 at Tarr Island on Sept. 24 (Effinger). Early Common Snipe were in Dorchester County on Aug. 12 (D. Boone) and at Lilypons on Aug. 13 (Ringler) March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 21 while high counts were 5 along the Accident-Bittinger Road in Garrett County on Oct. 16 (Skipper), 15 at Lilypons on Nov. 6 (D. Wallace), and 8 at Piney Run on Nov. 20 (Blom). Westre found 20 American Woodcocks on Nov. 29 at Denton. One or possibly a second Wilson’s Phalarope was at Back River, Sept. 12-Oct. 2 (Jim Stasz + ). Gulls. High counts of Laughing Gulls were 550 at Tilghman on Oct. 16 (Reese). 2000 at Back River in mid-October including many immatures with adults, and about 1000 there on Nov. 26, when almost all the birds were adults (Blom + ). This indicates that the immature Laughing Gulls precede the adults in moving southward. An adult Franklin’s Gull was at Back River on Sept. 17 (Blom) and Oct. 24 (Dixon) and another at Chesapeake Beach on Oct. 2 and Nov. 20 (Kraus). Im- mature Franklin’s Gulls were at Hains Point on Sept. 30 (Czaplak) and at Back River from Nov. 26 to Dec. 1 (Blom + ). Little Gulls were reported from Hart-Miller on three dates indicating at least one bird had summered. Blom observed a juvenal-plumaged Bonaparte’s Gull at Liberty Lake on Aug. 17, and another early one was at Sandy Point on Sept. 13 (Klockner). Inland, Bonaparte's Gulls were at Georgetown Reservoir on Nov. 6 (Ed Weigel), 3 at Mountain Lake Park on Nov. 6 (Skipper), 3 at Turkey Neck on Nov. 10 (Pope), and 2 at Denton on Nov. 12 (Hewitt). Rare in Garrett County was a Herring Gull at Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 23 (Pope); the high count for the season was 7500 at Back River on Nov. 26 (Blom + 1. Lesser Black-backed Gulls again were widely reported with an adult at Tarr Island. Sept. 17 — Oct. 9 (Effinger + ), an adult in D.C. on Oct. 15 (Czaplak), 4 in Baltimore County on Nov. 5 (Blom, Ringler), an adult at Chesapeake Beach on Nov. 12 (Kraus), a third-winter bird at Sandy Point on Nov. 15 (Klockner), and 1 at Eastern Neck on Nov. 26 (Peter Vankevich). An immature Glaucous Gull was at Back River on Nov. 26 (Blom + ). The high count of Great Black-backed Gulls was 1700 at Conowingo on Nov. 27 (Blom). A bird of intermediate plumage characteristics at Back River on Oct. 16 may have been a Herring Gull X Great Black-backed Gull hybrid (Blom, Ringler). An immature Black-legged Kittiwake at Hart-Miller on Oct. 23 (Blom, Ringler) is only the third record for the bay. Terns, Skimmers. The high count of Caspian Terns was 475 at Hart-Miller on Sept. 5 (Ringler +) and other noteworthy records were 18 in D.C. on Aug. 22 (Czaplak), 8 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 17 (Effinger), and a late one at Kent Narrows on Nov. 2 (Gruber). On the Tred Avon River on Aug. 27 Armistead and party found 2 Caspians with 2 Royal Terns. Other Royals were 4 at Choptank on Oct. 22 (Ringler, Engle), 50 at Tilghman on Oct. 16 (Reese) with 1 late one there on Nov. 12 (Goodbred, Effinger), 100 at Barren Island on Oct. 29 (Armistead + ). 104 in Calvert County on Nov, 1 (Blom), 1 at Sandy Point on Nov. 4 (Klockner), 1 at Hart- Miller on Nov. 5 (Ringler + ), 75 in St. Marys County (53 at Point Lookout and 22 at Scotland Beach) on Nov. 14 (Wilson), and 1 at Point Lookout on Nov, 20 (Ed Weigel). Royal Terns are lingering later and in greater numbers each fall, both in the bay and on the coast. Reports of Sandwich Terns were 2 at Ocean City on Aug. 27 (Barnhill, McCandless), 1 at Point Lookout on Aug. 31 (Wilson), and 1 at Bozman on Sept. 10 (Kleen). The high count of Common Terns was 323 in St. Marys County on Oct. 6 (Wilson); late birds were 2 at Hart-Miller on Oct. 30 (Ringler + ), 6 at Tilghman on Oct. 30 (Reese + ), 2 at Point Lookout on Nov. 14 (Wilson), and 1 at Ocean City on Nov. 2’6 (O'Brien). Forster’s Terns were abundant and widespread in the bay this fall and also remained quite late with a high count of 680 at Hart- Miller on Aug. 21 (Ringler + ), 6 at Denton on Sept. 14 (Hewitt), 35 at Kent Narrows on Oct. 4 (Gruber), 239 in St. Marys County on Oct. 6 (Wilson), 520 at 22 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 Barren Island on Oct. 29 (Armistead), 22 at Havre de Grace on Oct. 29 (Ringler), 75 at Bloody Point on Nov. 1 (Gruber), 2 in D.C. on Nov. 5 (Czaplak), 200 at Tarr Island on Nov. 6 (Reese), and 2 at the mouth of Piscataway Creek on Nov. 20 (Nistico, Ringler). One recently hatched downy young Least Tern was in the Hart-Miller colony on Aug. 14 (Ringler + ). Only 2 Black Terns were reported this season, both on Aug. 7: at Claiborne (Reese + ) and at Hart-Miller (Ringler + ). The high count of Black Skimmers was 370 at Ocean City on Oct. 9 (Ringler + ); 2 immatures in D.C. on Sept. 1 (Czaplak) were rare that far upriver. Cuckoos, Owls. A Black-billed Cuckoo banded in Annapolis on Sept. 13 by the Melvilles was caught at Adventure Sanctuary, 37 miles to the west on Sept. 23 (Donnald). A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was still feeding a fledgling at Lake Roland on Sept. 27 (Noell) and a late bird was in D.C. on Oct. 26 (Czaplak). David Wallace found 3 Common Barn-Owls in Frederick County on Aug. 15. Long-eared Owls were reported from Bozman on Nov. 18 (Effinger) and Hickory Hills in Calvert County on Nov. 23 (Kraus). Short-eared Owls were noted at Fort Smallwood on Oct. 29 (Bonham), 2 at Elliott Island on the same day (Armisted), 1 at Sunderland on Nov. 23 (Kraus), and 1 at Hart-Miller on Nov. 26 (Ringler + ). A Northern Saw-whet Owl banded on Oct. 30 was the first of 3 for the season in Annapolis for the Melvilles. Four were banded at Sandy Spring with 1 each on Nov. 5 and 20, and 2 on the 30th (Weske). Caprimulgids, Swifts, Hummingbirds. Flocks of Common Nighthawks were observed as follows: 30 over Security Square Mall near Baltimore on Aug. 28 (Wilkinson), 150-200 near Beltsville on Sept. 1 (Solem), 30 + at Mt. Nebo on Sept. 2 (Pope), 30 over the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 4 (Czaplak), and hundreds over Linthicum on Sept. 7 (Conn). Bystrak banded a late Whip-poor-will on Oct. 8 at PWRC and the Barbers banded another in Baltimore on the 10th. Czaplak estimated 500 Chimney Swifts in D.C. on Aug. 30 and a final 3 on Oct. 22. Late Ruby-throated Humming- birds were at Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 2 (Armistead) and in Hagerstown on Oct. 14 (Harold Winger). Woodpeckers. Probable migrant Red-headed Woodpeckers on the Eastern Shore were single birds at Rigby’s Folly on Aug. 13-14 (Armistead), Greensboro on Sept. 9 (Hewitt), and Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 14 (Effinger). A male Red-bellied Wood- pecker along Route 495 near Glendale Road on Nov. 30 (Pope) was unusual for that part of Garrett County. There were 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 25 (Goodbred + ). The only high counts of Northern Flickers reported were 60 at Sandy Point on Oct. 2 (Tony White) and 45 at Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 8 (Armistead). Flycatchers, Larks. Olive-sided Flycatchers were seen at Blackwalnut Point on Aug. 21 and Sept. 8-9 (Effinger + ), also at Elkton on Sept. 5 (McCandless), Harford Glen on Sept. 17 (Blom) and banded at Sandy Spring on the latter date (Nancy & Stuart MacClintock). An Eastern Wood-Pewee was still feeding a fledgling in Gar- rett County along the Youghiogheny River on Sept. 15 (Thayer). The Melvilles banded early and late Yellow-bellied Flycatchers on Aug. 6 and Oct. 1 at Annapolis. They also banded an exceptionally early Least Flycatcher there on July 16. Bystrak also banded an early Least on Aug. 2 at PWRC and a late one was seen at Black- water on Oct. 10 (Ringler). A late Eastern Phoebe in Garrett County was at Pysell Cross Cut on Oct. 23 (Pope). Western Kingbirds were reported at Sherwood in Talbot County on Sept. 8 (Effinger) and 2 at Croom Station in Prince Georges March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 23 County on Oct. 13-21 (Conn). High counts of Eastern Kingbirds were 20 at Lilypons on Aug. 13 (Ringler) and 26 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 9 (Effinger); 2 late birds were at Denton on Oct. 5 (Morgan). The only flock of Horned Larks reported was 150 at Tilghman on Oct. 30 (Reese + ). Martins. The Purple Martin roost at Salisbury was active again this year and Vaughn noted the first birds heading into it on June 13 with about 150 birds there on the 22nd, 10,000 on July 27, 20,000 on Aug. 4, peaking at 30,000 in mid-August, decreasing to 10,000 on Sept. 6 and 6,000 on Sept. 17. Of the 1332 banded there this year one, that had been banded on Aug. 17, was recovered on Oct. 2 in Bonita Springs, Florida. The banders also netted 9 birds that had been banded elsewhere as nestlings earlier this year. Of these, 7 were from the colony at Crisfield, 1 was banded in Prince Georges County on Aug. 2 and caught on the 18th in Salisbury, and 1 that had been banded near Williamsburg, Virginia was also caught in Salisbury on the 18th. This is the second consecutive year that a Williamsburg bird was caught here. Only 8 of the birds banded at the roost were retrapped and none of the birds banded there in 1981 or 1982 (about 1500 total) was caught. Late Purple Martins were seen at Sandy Point on Oct. 2 (Tony White) and Beltsville on Oct. 8 (Sumner). Other Swallows. High counts of Tree Swallows were 200 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 15 (Effinger), 200 at Pennyfield on Sept. 24 (Czaplak), 150 at Hart-Miller on Oct. 1 (Ringler + ), and 600 at Centreville on Oct. 10 (Gruber); late birds were 3 at Broadford Reservoir on Oct. 23 (Pope), 20 at Greensboro on Oct. 29 (Hewitt), 1 at Wittman on Nov. 6 (Effinger), and 2 at Eastern Neck on Nov. 20 (Gruber). Late Northern Rough-winged Swallows were at Tilghman on Oct. 16 (Reese), in St. Marys County on Oct. 20 (Runkles), and at Lilypons on Oct. 30 (Daniels). Hundreds of Bank Swallows were streaming past Hart-Miller on Aug. 14 (Ringler +) and an estimated 100 were at Lilypons the same day (D. Wallace); 2 were at Mountain Lake Park on Aug. 17 (Pope) and 80 at Rigby’s Folly on the 28th (Armistead). Cliff Swallows were still feeding young in the nest at the Westminster Pike bridge over Liberty Lake on Aug. 13 (Ringler) and late birds were at Hughes Hollow on Sept. 18 (Anderson). Late Barn Swallows were at Piscataway on Oct. 16 (Nistico) and at Easton on Oct. 22 (Ringler, Engle). Corvids, Chickadees. High counts of Blue Jays were all from Talbot County where there is a major migration along the bay shore. Armistead estimated 175 at Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 2 and 210 there on the 8th, and estimates at Tilghman were 150 on the 14th and 250 on the 15th (Reese + ). Armistead also estimated 300 Fish Crows on Oct. 8 and Nov. 26 at Rigby’s Folly. Warfield saw 2 Northern Ravens at Point of Rocks on Nov. 5 and Pope saw 1 at Broadford Reservoir on the 13th. Black-capped Chickadees staged their biggest invasion into the state since the winter of 1975-76. The first report was 1 banded by Gladys Cole in Towson on Oct. 27 with other reports of 1 at Scientist Cliffs on Nov. 3 (Anderson), 10 at Back River on Nov. 5 (Blom, Ringler), banded at Damsite on Nov. 6 (Mendinhall, Gruber), 5 at Piney Run on Nov. 6 (Ringler), 14 at Seneca on Nov. 25 (Bonham), and 2 at Blackwater on Nov. 26 (O’Brien). A Black-cap near Zittlestown on Oct. 15 (Hammer) may have been a local resident. Nuthatches , Wrens. Red-breasted Nuthatches moved into the state very early this fall with several August arrivals such as at Damsite on the 21st (Gruber), 2 at Blackwalnut Point the same day (Hammers + ), at Denton on the 27th (Nuttle), on 24 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 St. Martins Neck on the 28th (Hammers), and at PWRC on the 30th (Bystrak). Wilson found 2 Brown-headed Nuthatches north of the St. George Island Bridge on Oct. 6 and there were 11 at Blackwalnut Point on Nov. 27 (Reese, Effinger). A Carolina Wren at Mountain Lake Park on Oct. 15 (Pope) is one of the few records for Garrett County in recent years. A late House Wren was at Gude’s Nursery in Rockville on Nov. 27 (Wilkinson). David Wallace found a Winter Wren in Frederick County on the very early date of Sept. 5, perhaps near a local breeding area. The only report of Sedge Wrens was 2 in Rockville on Aug. 19-22 (O’Brien). Migrant Marsh Wrens were at Lilypons, Sept. 25 — Oct. 16 (D. Wallace), and in D.C., Sept. 26 — Oct. 2 (Czaplak). Kinglets, Thrushes. A high count of Golden-crowned Kinglets was 50 at Tilghman on Oct. 16 (Reese), and an early Ruby-crowned Kinglet was at Greens- boro on Sept. 1 (Hewitt). Late Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were at Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 8 (Armistead) and Arnold in Anne Arundel County on Oct. 27 (Klockner). High counts of Eastern Bluebirds were 39 at St. Michaels on Nov. 6 (Effinger) and 89 in southern Dorchester County on Oct. 29 (Armistead). The only Veery count reported was 12 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 9 (Effinger); late birds were at Greensboro on Oct. 6 (Hewitt), Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 8 (Armistead), and banded at Damsite on Nov. 7 (Mendinhall, Gruber). Gray-cheeked Thrushes are rarely reported away from banding stations so 3 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 24 (Trevers, Effinger) and 1 at Great Falls on Oct. 17 (Wilson) are worth noting. Early bandings of Swainson’s Thrushes were on Aug. 21 at PWRC (Bystrak) and Adventure (Donnald). At the latter station 526 were banded for the season with a peak of 60 on Sept. 16. The only other high count was 27 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 15 (Effinger). Swainson’s Thrushes continued very late into the fall with exceptional bandings being at Adventure on Oct. 26, Damsite on Nov. 7, and at Annapolis on Nov. 27 (Melvilles). Unseasonably early Hermit Thrushes were 1 banded at PWRC on Aug. 26 (Bystrak) and 2 seen at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 15 (Effinger). High counts of American Robins were 1350 at Hooper Island on Oct. 29 (Armistead), 400 at Tilghman on Oct. 30 (Reese + ), 300 there on Nov. 20 (Effinger), and a late 30 + in Garrett County along New Germany Road on Nov. 30 (Pope). Catbird, Pipits, Waxwings. A Gray Catbird netted at Aberdeen on Oct. 27 (Bilsborough) had been banded on Oct. 3 at Manomet Bird Observatory in Massa- chusetts. An early Water Pipit was at Hart-Miller on Sept. 25 (Kaestner +) and flocks were reported in November with 150 in southern Frederick County on the 5th (D.Wallace), 25 on Newton Neck in St. Marys County on the 14th (Wilson), 30 at Piney Run on the 24th (Ringler), and 25 at Mockley Point on the Potomac on the 20th (Nistico, Ringler). An early concentration of Cedar Waxwings was 500 at Piney Dam Reservoir on Sept. 8 (Klockner); later reports were 50 at Lilypons on Nov. 6 (D. Wallace), 160 on Church Neck on Nov. 6 (Effinger), 100 at Rocky Gap on Nov. 13 (Ringler + ), and 200 at Tilghman on Nov. 20 (Reese, Effinger). Waxwings were observed eating aphids on white pines in Mountain Lake Park on Oct. 12 (Pope). Shrikes , Vireos. Loggerhead Shrikes were seen in Calvert County south of Prince Frederick on Sept. 4 and Nov. 6 (Kraus), at Lilypons, Oct. 10 — Nov. 6 (D. Wallace), in D.C. on Oct. 17 (Czaplak), and at Eastern Neck on Nov. 6 (Noell + ). Bystrak banded an early Solitary Vireo on Sept. 8 at PWRC and a late one there on Oct. 28; another late bird was banded at Adventure on the 21st and an even later one was seen in D.C. on the 29th (Czaplak). Late Yellow-throated Vireos were seen March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 25 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 24 (Effinger), banded the same day at PWRC, and seen at Piscataway on Sept. 25 (Nistico). Late Warbling Vireos were at Denton on Sept. 17 (Nuttle) and Beltsville on Oct. 6 (Sumner). A Philadelphia Vireo at Black- walnut Point on Sept. 24 (R. Trever, Effinger) was rare for the Eastern Shore. A very late Red-eyed Vireo was singing at Denton on Oct. 30 (Nuttle) and another was banded at PWRC on Nov. 1. Vermivora and Parula Warblers. Many of the records in the warbler sections are of banded birds at the following stations: Adventure Sanctuary (Donnald), Annapolis (Melvilles), Sandy Spring (Weske), PWRC (Bystrak), Damsite (Mendinhall), Youghiogheny (Thayer), and St. Timothy’s near Stevenson (Ross). Golden-winged Warblers were seen on Aug. 19 and Sept. 8 at Elkton (McCandless), at Indian Springs on Aug. 20 (O’Brien), 2 in D.C. on Sept. 10 (Czaplak), and 2 late birds at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 23 (Reese). A “Brewster's" Warbler hybrid was banded at Adventure on Aug. 15. Early Tennessee Warblers were 2 at Hart Island on Aug. 14 (Ringler + ) and 2 at Blackwalnut Point on Aug. 21 (TCBC) where a high count of 29 was seen on Sept. 9 (Effinger), Late Tennessees were banded at Annapolis on Oct. 16 and seen at Piscataway on Oct. 22 (Nistico). The following Orange-crowned Warblers were reported along Rock Creek: 1 in D.C. on Sept. 23 (Czaplak), 2 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 24 (R. Trever. Effinger), 1 at Lilypons on Oct. 10 (Daniels), 1 banded at Sandy Spring on Oct. 20 and 1 banded at Annapolis on Nov. 13. Late Nashville Warblers were 1 at Tilghman on Oct. 15 (Reese) and banded birds at Adventure on Oct. 17 and Annapolis on the 18th. Late Northern Parulas were seen at Beltsville on Oct. 14 (Sumner) and banded at Annapolis on the 25th. Dendroica Warblers. An early Chestnut-sided Warbler was banded at PWRC on Aug. 11 and late birds were seen at Denton on Oct. 10 (Nuttle) and banded Oct. 15 on the Youghiogheny. Early Magnolia Warblers were at Downsville in Washington County on Aug. 12 (Mallonee) and at Blackwalnut Point on Aug. 14 (TCBC): very late individuals were at Denton on Oct. 23 (Nuttle), Broadmead in Baltimore County on Nov. 7 (Rowe), and visiting a birdbath in Columbia on Nov. 16 (Grant). The early wave of Cape May Warblers included birds in Anne Arundel County along Indian Landing Road on Aug. 20 (Hammer), 2 at Blackwalnut Point on the 21st (TCBC), and at Lake Roland on the 25th (Bohanan + ). High individual counts of Cape Mays were 18 at Waterhole Cove in Talbot County on Sept. 8 (Smith, Effinger), and 12 on Foster Road in Garrett County on Sept. 30 (Skipper): late birds were seen at Piscataway on Oct. 22 (Nistico) and in Anne Arundel County on Oct. 24 (Van Velsir). An early Black-throated Blue Warbler was banded at Damsite on Aug. 21 and late birds were seen on Oct. 17 at Beltsville (Sumner) and in Chevy Chase (Wilson). Very early Yellow-rumped Warblers were reported from Burns Crossing Road in Anne Arundel County on Aug. 26 (Hammer), Federalsburg on Sept. 5 (Glime) and Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 10 (Effinger). High counts of Black-throated Green Warblers were 17 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 9 (Effinger) and 20 at Riley’s Lock on Sept. 24 (Nistico); late birds were seen at Eastern Neck on Nov. 6 (Noell + ) and Hains Point on Nov. 13 (Chip Chipley). The extreme dates for Blackburnian Warblers were Aug. 14 on Hart Island (Ringler + ) and Oct. 14 at Beltsville (Sumner). The last Yellow-throated Warblers reported were 2 at Black- walnut Point on Sept. 9 (Effinger) and 1 at Lilypons on Sept. 18 (D. Wallace). Late Pine Warblers were in D.C. on Nov. 24 (Czaplak) and at Beltsville on Nov. 27 (Sumner). Late Prairie Warblers were at Denton on Oct. 10 (Nuttle) and at Laurel Grove on Oct. 20 (Runkles). The high count of Palm Warblers for the season was 20 26 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 at Tilghman on Oct. 16 (Reese) and a late bird was banded at St. Timothy’s on Nov. 3 (Ross.) High counts of Bay-breasted Warblers were 11 at Lake Roland on Sept. 8 (Ringler + ) and 25 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 24 (Effinger). A late Blackpoll Warbler was at Denton on Oct. 22 (Nuttle). Other Warbler Genera, Late Black-and-white Warblers were seen on Oct. 16 at Severn Run (Hammer) and at Tilghman (Reese). Early American Redstarts were seen on Aug. 7 at Black Marsh (Ringler + ) and 3 at Blackwalnut Point (TCBC). The high count at the latter location was 50 on Sept. 23 (Reese). Late Prothonotary Warblers were at Pinto on Sept. 23 (Simons) and at Federalsburg on Sept. 25 (Glime). A late Worm-eating Warbler was banded at Damsite on Sept. 30. An early Northern Waterthrush was at Blackwalnut Point on Aug. 7 (TCBC) and late birds were at Denton on Oct. 10 (Nuttle) and banded at Adventure on Oct. 16. Late Louisiana Waterthrushes were seen in Charles County on Sept. 15 (Nistico) and at Lilypons on Sept. 18 (D. Wallace). A late Kentucky Warbler was banded at Ad- venture on Sept. 16. Connecticut Warblers were more widespread and numerous this year including 16 banded at Annapolis for the season and 1 banded at PWRC on Oct. 18. Other birds were seen near Perry Hall on Sept. 12 (Ringler, Stasz), found dead in Columbia on Sept. 13 (Clegg), seen on Sept. 18 at North Tilghman Park (TCBC) and West Ocean City (F. Hayes, Bennett), in D.C. on Sept. 23 (Czaplak), on Sept. 24 at Denton (R. Fletcher) and Laurel Grove in St. Marys County (Runkles), at Loch Raven on Sept. 29 (Noell), on Foster Road in Garrett County on Sept. 30 (Skipper), and Spring Gap on Oct. 8 (Simons). A record-early Mourning Warbler was banded at PWRC on Aug. 7 and another early bird was banded on the 18th at Adventure. Observations of Mourning Warblers came with 2 at Oregon Ridge on Sept. 17 (Ringler), 1 at Catonsville on Sept. 18 (Wilkinson), and 1 at Harford Glen on Sept, 24 (Blom + }; late birds were banded on the Youghiogheny on Sept. 27 and seen in D.C. on Oct. 2 (Czaplak) and Elkton on Oct. 8 (McCandless). A high of 24 Common Yellowthroats was counted in migration at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 10 (Effinger) and a very late bird in the mountains was at Rocky Gap on Nov. 13 (Webb + ). A late Hooded Warbler was seen at Damsite on Sept. 29 (Gruber). A late Wilson’s Warbler was at Point Lookout on Oct. 15 (Nistico). Canada Warblers were detected quite early this fall with birds at Black- walnut Point on Aug. 7 (TCBC), banded at PWRC on Aug. 8, and seen at Hoffmanville in Baltimore County on Aug. 10 (Kolb). The last Yellow-breasted Chat was reported at Hart Island on Oct. 1 (Ringler). Tanagers, Grosbeaks . A Summer Tanager in D.C. was unusual on Sept. 10 (Czaplak) as were banded birds at Annapolis on Sept. 17 and Adventure on the 19th. The latest Summer Tanager was reported at Denton on Oct. 15 (Knotts). Very late Scarlet Tanagers were at Bel Air in Allegany County on Oct. 16 (Simons), in St. Marys County on Oct. 20 (Willoughby) and at Pysell Cross Cut in Garrett County on Oct. 23 (Pope). The high count of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at Black- walnut Point was 100 on Sept. 23 (Reese) and the latest was banded at Annapolis on Oct. 18. Late Blue Grosbeaks were seen at Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 8 (Armistead) and banded Oct. 11 at PWRC. Late Indigo Buntings were in Harford County on Oct. 15 (Kirkwood) and banded on Oct. 18 at Annapolis. Sparrows. A late Chipping Sparrow was in D.C. on Nov. 26 (Czaplak). Vesper Sparrows were seen at Rigby’s Folly on Nov. 5 (Armistead) and on Newton Neck in St. Marys County on Nov. 14 (Wilson). A Lark Sparrow was at D.C. Village, Sept. March 1984 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 27 26- Oct 2 (Czaplak + ). The highest count of Savannah Sparrows was reported in D.C. on Oct. 14, with 40 birds (Czaplak). A Grasshopper Sparrow was seen carrying food for young birds at Tuckahoe State Park in Caroline County on Aug. 20 (Ringler). Late Lincoln’s Sparrows were at Pinto on Oct- 15 (Simons) and at Rodgers Forge in Baltimore County on Nov. 11 (Slaughter). A White-throated Sparrow at Hoffmanville on Aug. 10 (Kolb) is about a month and a half early to be a migrant and may have summered locally. Among the earlier reports of White- crowned Sparrows were 4 in D.C. on Oct. 6 (Czaplak) and 20 at Lilypons on Oct. 16 (D. Wallace). A Dark-eyed Junco at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 15 (Effinger) was a bit early. Snow Buntings. Reports of Snow Buntings have become more numerous in recent years, particularly during late October when the first arrivals reach the state and during November, which is the peak of the species’ migration here. This year the first reports came on Oct. 23 from Claiborne with 1 (TCBC) and Hart- Miller with 6 (Ringler + ). Other October reports were 2 at Sandy Point on the 25th (Eastman) and 2 at Avalon on the 30th (Effinger). On Nov. 1 there were 2 at Kent Narrows (Gruber), 6 at Claiborne on the 6th and 4 still there on the 13th (Effinger), 3 at Rigby’s Folly on the 12th (Armistead) and 2 at Avalon the same day (Goodbred, Effinger), 1 at Newton Neck in St. Marys County on the 14th (Wilson), and 9 at Reisterstown on the 18th (Sharon Schwemmer). High counts were 45-50 at Hart-Miller on Nov. 5 (Ringler + ) and 20 at Sandy Point on Nov, 20 (Klockner). Icterids. High counts of Bobolinks included hundreds flying over the Manokin River on Aug. 14 (Dyke), 50 at Tanyard on Sept. 7 (Engle), and 200 at Blackwalnut Point on Sept. 9 (Effinger). Late Bobolinks were in Talbot County at Rigby’s Folly on Oct. 9 (Armistead) and Tilghman Park on Oct. 16 (TCBC). A migrant Eastern Meadowlark was flying over the impoundment at Hart-Miller on Oct. 23 l^lom + ». An early Rusty Blackbird was at Croom Station on Sept, 25 (Conn) while the high counts were 65 at Damsite on Oct. 20 (Gruber) and 30 at Lilypons °nNov6®. Wallace) A fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird was begging from a Song Spar™]". m Columbia on the late date of Sept. 10 (V. Krishnamoorthy). The last Orchard Orioles reported were 5 in Denton on Sept. 4, (B. Fletcher). Efringer obseroed a massive fallout of Northern Orioles at Blackwalnut Point where he estimated lOOO birds on Sept. 8. Other migrants were noted in Denton on Aug. 20 (Knotts) and 8 at D.C. on Aug. 25 (Czaplak); a late individual was in Easton on Nov. 2 (Goodbred). Finches A good flight of Purple Finches began with 1 banded at PWRCcn Aug. 31 and included 109 banded for the season at Adventure, an estimated lS at Flocks of Pine Siskins included 18 at North Tilghman (Armistead), at Federaisburg on Oct. 23 (Ed Unger 20* -Hoop* and 40 at Havre de Grace the same d y I S , finches. Hieh counts were some comment as they flocked with the ot er n (Armistead), 150 at 200 in D.C. on Oct. 21 (Ctaplak). 200 at Hooper peak Tilghman on Oct. 30 (TCBC), and 150 there on Nov. 20 (Beese, Mfingen. p 28 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 40, No. 1 flight of Evening Grosbeaks was during November when many flocks were noted. Among these were 20 at Masonville on the 4th (Ringler, Bohanan), 100 flying south over Damsite on the 7th (Gruber), 12 at Denton on the 8th (Morgan), 50 at Bray Hill in Garrett County on the 13th (Skipper) and 20 in D.C. the same day (Czaplak), 24 near Grayton in Charles County on the 19th (Robbins + ), 25 in Hagerstown Nov. 20— Dec. 1 (Doyle), 18 at Wittman on the 21st (Effinger), and 30 at Piney Run on the 27th (Ringler). 3501 Melody Lane, Baltimore, MD 21207 CONTENTS, MARCH 1984 Anhinga Sighted at Fort Smallwood E.A.T. BlomandJ. Orgain Swainson’s Thrush in Baltimore on July 4 Doug Murphy Fall Migration, August 1 — November 30, 1983 Robert F. Ringler MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Published Quarterly by the Maryland Ornithological Society. Inc. to Record and Encourage the Study of Birds in Maryland. Editor: Chandler S. Robbins, 7900 Brooklyn Bridge Road, Laurel, Md. 20707 (725-1176) Assoc. Editor: Jon E. Boone, 9505 Good Lion Rd., Columbia 21045 Asst. Editor: Robert F. 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