On Saturday, October 6, 2012 2:36:51 PM UTC-4, Jim Nelson wrote:
> 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
Love Blue Mash!
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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