[Posted for Jim Green, who hasn't created his account here yet. The Henslow's Sparrows on Porter Cemetery are a great find. Glad to hear they're at Bald Knob / Blank Road again as well!]���
Hi Everybody:
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I apologize for the late post but I spent the better part of the day this past Wednesday in Alleghany County. I headed there primarily to escape
the high temps (which did not work all that well) and spend some time in some of the farming and field areas looking for DICKCISSELS. I did not
have any luck with the dickcissels but had a nice day nevertheless. I
exited off of I-68 and birded my way slowly down Town Creek Road
eventually headed for warrior Mountain WMA. Highlights of my day are
listed below:
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OLIVER BETZ RD:�� 2 blue-headed Vireos both seen and heard, one adult with food apparently for young in its bill
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WILSON RD E : 1 Yellow Warbler, 2 Willow Flycatchers
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BARTON PARK ROAD: 1 Yellow Warbler, 4 Eastern Meadowlarks
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REBECCA ROAD: (This is a deadend road off of Barton Park that leads a short
distance to the Wastewater Facility that is located south of
Cresaptown):� 2 Willow Flycatchers, 1 Yellow-breasted Chat, 2 Eastern
Meadowlarks and 1 Savannah Sparrow
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I then headed to some areas north of Frostburg.
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PORTER CEMETERY RD : 4 Brown Thrashers (including 2 juveniles), 5 Grasshopper
Sparrows, 2 HENSLOW�S SPARROWS, �3 Eastern Meadowlarks, 1 Orchard Oriole and 9 BOBOLINKS.� The sad thing for the Bobolinks were that some of
them were sitting on top of small mowed tufts of grass in the field that was being mowed while I was there. One of the two mowers came over to
me and I let him know what I was doing from the roadside and explained
the breeding birds in the field to me. He basically said he had a mowing schedule to stick with but he had no problem with me observing from the roads. It was nice to hear the Henslow�s �Sparrows as well and they
seemed safe for now in an unmowed area of hillside grass and weeds just
off of the side of the road.
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MILE LANE: 2 Grasshopper sparrows and 2 Eastern Meadowlarks
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BALD KNOB LANE: 1 HENSLOW�S SPARROW and 1 Eastern Meadowlark
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BLANK ROAD: 7 Eastern Meadowlarks and 4 HENSLOW�S SPARROWS!
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It was a nice morning and afternoon to be out. I guess I�ll try again next year for an Alleghany Dickcissel!
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Jim Green
Gaithersburg, MD
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Working way too much AND NOT birding in excess!
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Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
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http://www.billhubick.com
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