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Date: 8/30/12 1:52 pm
From: Mark Johnson <mj3151...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Fair Hill, Cecil Co.-Philadelphia Vireo, Least Sandpiper, etc. 8/30/12


Hi all,

I was working in Elkton this morning and stopped by Fair Hill Nature Center at lunch time, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher reported yesterday. No luck there, but there was a Philadelphia Vireo, a Least Flycatcher, a couple Chestnut-sided Warblers, a Magnolia, and other expected things, all in the trees adjacent to the pond behind the nature center. Here's the eBird list with a couple not-so-swift documentation photos of the Philadelphia Vireo and Least Flycatcher. Have fun out there.

Mark Johnson2
Aberdeen, MD

Fair Hill NRMA, Cecil, US-MD
Aug 30, 2012 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
23 species

Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1 Small grayish flycatcher, hunting low to the ground. Short bill, short primary projection, short, narrow tail, complete eyering. In the trees adjacent to the nature center pond .

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27381338@N03/7896092164/" title="Least Flycatcher-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12 by mj3151, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/7896092164_a960b6ec9d_z.jpg" alt="Least Flycatcher-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27381338@N03/7896092748/" title="Least Flycatcher-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12 by mj3151, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7896092748_e8031c1d55_z.jpg" alt="Least Flycatcher-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12"></a>
White-eyed Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1 Keeping company with a juvenile Red-eyed Vireo, foraging low in the trees adjacent to the pond behind the nature center. Yellow breast from beak to tail, solid gray wings, no wingbars, darker cap, eyeline extending to the lores, tail shorter than WAVI, short bill. Good looks through binoculars...better than these photos:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27381338@N03/7896091888/" title="Philadelphia Vireo-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12 by mj3151, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7896091888_80b5982152_z.jpg" alt="Philadelphia Vireo-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27381338@N03/7896093064/" title="Philadelphia Vireo-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12 by mj3151, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/7896093064_c31aee6b96_z.jpg" alt="Philadelphia Vireo-Fair Hill Nature Center, Cecil Co., MD 8/30/12"></a>
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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