Date: 10/6/12 11:36 am
From: Jim Nelson <kingfishers2...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Peregrine Falcon, Lincoln's Sparrow, Blue Mash Nature Trail, Mont. Co. 10/5


After running some errands, I rewarded myself with a late afternoon walk around the Blue Mash Nature Trail (counterclockwise) At first it was very quiet, but as I got around to the back side near the landfill fence and the woods, things started jumping. I saw at least three Lincoln�s Sparrows, Field Sparrows, and White-throated Sparrows. Then had a nice surprise when an immature Peregrine Falcon flew low overhead. My other interesting observation was a significant number of Northern Mockingbirds rather congenially sharing several fruiting trees. My usual observations of Mockingbirds involve a single bird chasing all comers away from its food source. A number of the birds I saw were immatures, which might explain their sharing the resources.

Complete list from eBird report is below.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, MD

Blue Mash Nature Trail, Montgomery, US-MD
Oct 5, 2012 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
27 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 4
Mallard 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Killdeer 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 11
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 15
warbler sp. 1
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 6

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