The weather gods continue to favor the birder. I set out early for Terrapin and arrived just about sunrise. After a quick tour of the interior, I set out for the beach path, and walked the entire without seeing a single worthy bird. Most unusual.
After returning, I did another circuit and found a Brown Creeper, a bird I’ve been seeking for quite some time. It’s not a great shot, as he only gave me a quick glimpse before disappearing, but I’ll take it.
![Cedar Waxwing Cedar Waxwing](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Cedar-Waxwing-48.jpg?resize=584%2C584&ssl=1)
This juvenile Cedar Waxwing will get his adult coloration early next year.
![Robin Robin](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Robin-33.jpg?resize=584%2C513&ssl=1)
There are very large flocks of Robins in the park.
![Deer Deer](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Deer-31.jpg?resize=584%2C515&ssl=1)
Some young deer seem uncertain what to do when they see a human.
![Canada Goose Canada Goose](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Canada-Goose-21.jpg?resize=584%2C365&ssl=1)
Flocks of Canada Geese are a common sight at this time of year.
![Brown Creeper Brown Creeper](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Brown-Creeper-1.jpg?resize=584%2C647&ssl=1)
I hate when a picture isn’t perfectly focused, but I’ve been looking for this guy for a while, so it will do.
From Cornell:
“Cool Facts
The naturalist W.M. Tyler, writing in 1948, captured this species’ energy and fragility in a memorable description, “The Brown Creeper, as he hitches along the bole of a tree, looks like a fragment of detached bark that is defying the law of gravitation by moving upward over the trunk, and as he flies off to another tree he resembles a little dry leaf blown about by the wind.””
![Ruby Crowned Kinglet Ruby Crowned Kinglet](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ruby-Crowned-Kinglet-29.jpg?resize=584%2C467&ssl=1)
![Ruby Crowned Kinglet Ruby Crowned Kinglet](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ruby-Crowned-Kinglet-28.jpg?resize=584%2C454&ssl=1)
Migrating Ruby Crowned Kinglets seem to be everywhere in Maryland.
![Yellow Rumped Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-32.jpg?resize=584%2C437&ssl=1)
![Yellow Rumped Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-33.jpg?resize=584%2C489&ssl=1)
![Yellow Rumped Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-31.jpg?resize=584%2C434&ssl=1)
This Yellow Rumped Warbler will be more colorful in the Spring.
![Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Downy-64.jpg?resize=584%2C410&ssl=1)
When you watch a Downy Woodpecker, you’re impressed with their thoroughness.
![Hermit Thrush Hermit Thrush](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hermit-Thush-3.jpg?resize=584%2C364&ssl=1)
I was watching some Phoebes when this Hermit Thrush came into view.
![Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Great-Blue-Heron-58.jpg?resize=584%2C407&ssl=1)
![Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Great-Blue-Heron-60.jpg?resize=584%2C426&ssl=1)
![Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Great-Blue-Heron-57.jpg?resize=584%2C435&ssl=1)
When a Great Blue Heron has spotted his prey, he strikes very rapidly.
![Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Great-Blue-Heron-59.jpg?resize=584%2C531&ssl=1)
![Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Great-Blue-Heron-56.jpg?resize=584%2C533&ssl=1)
The Great Blue Heron usually catches a fish sideways to his beak, then immediately starts turning it to make swallowing easier.