Today  I checked the Old Sunbury Road & East Shore Yacht Club areas of my
Prothonotary Warbler nest box trail. To my delight I located multiple
territories, observed 19 male and 3 female Prothonotary Warblers including a
pair that were feeding young in a nest box. From the time I neared the water I
walked over a mile without being out of the sounds of singing Prothonotary
Warblers. That totals 43 male Prothonotary Warblers on territory over the
last  two days while covering just a few of the areas where I have nest
boxes. It  looks like a good season for the home team. I might have a few more in
the last  area but I had to skip several groups of nest boxes as they lie
almost directly  below the nesting Bald Eagles. I do my best to avoid going
into the buffer zone  for the eagle nest.
The  morning held a few other surprises including a breeding plumage Common
Loon  close to one of the small islands in the area. Likely just late going
through  but who knows, maybe it will hang around for the summer. One of
the resident  Barred Owls was roosting in a pine grove. A Yellow-breasted Chat
was calling  from the edge of a preserve Bluebird field. Red-headed
Woodpeckers are nesting  over water in a dead tree about 10 feet from shore. Other
warblers observed in  single numbers were Blue-winged Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler,  Northern Parula and Louisiana Waterthrush, all of
which nest locally. A list of  the morning's species observed follows.
Charlie  Bombaci
Hoover  Nature Preserve
SPECIES  LIST
Common  Loon
Double-crested  Cormorant
Great  Blue Heron
Green  Heron
Turkey  Vulture
Canada  Goose
Wood  Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Bald  Eagle
Red-tailed  Hawk
Killdeer
Ring-billed  Gull
Herring  Gull
Mourning  Dove
Yellow-billed  Cuckoo
Barred  Owl
Chimney  Swift
Ruby-throated  Hummingbird
Red-headed  Woodpecker
Red-bellied  Woodpecker
Downy  Woodpecker
Northern  Flicker
Eastern  Phoebe
Great  Crested Flycatcher
Eastern  Kingbird
White-eyed  Vireo
Warbling  Vireo
Red-eyed  Vireo
Blue  Jay
American  Crow
Tree  Swallow
Northern  Rough-winged Swallow
Barn  Swallow
Carolina  Chickadee
Tufted  Titmouse
White-breasted  Nuthatch
Carolina  Wren
House  Wren
Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher
Eastern  Bluebird
Wood  Thrush
American  Robin
Gray  Catbird
Northern  Mockingbird
Brown  Thrasher
European  Starling
Cedar  Waxwing
Blue-winged  Warbler
Northern  Parula
Yellow  Warbler
Prothonotary  Warbler
Louisiana  Waterthrush
Common  Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted  Chat
Scarlet  Tanager
Eastern  Towhee
Chipping  Sparrow
Field  Sparrow
Song  Sparrow
Northern  Cardinal
Indigo  Bunting
Red-winged  Blackbird
Common  Grackle
Brown-headed  Cowbird
Orchard  Oriole
Baltimore  Oriole
House  Finch
American  Goldfinch
House  Sparrow

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