Date:         Sat, 4 May 2002 19:01:45 -0400
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From:         Fred Pierce <fpierce@AVIALANTIC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Patuxent North Tract 5/4/02
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In was in hope of observing something like this that I decided to be a trail monitor there. No luck so far, so please let me know when you will be doing it again 8-)

fdp

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On
> Behalf Of Elliot Kirschbaum
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 4:50 PM
> To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Patuxent North Tract 5/4/02
>
>
> Nancy and I birded the North Tract of Patuxent NWR this morning. 
> Highlights include  Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Wild Turkey, 
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Purple Martin, lots of Wood Thrush, Nashville 
> Warbler, Summer Tanager, and Orchard Oriole.
>
> If you go to New Marsh and follow the trial as it swings to the right 
> around the pond, you will see a small deciduous tree very near the 
> edge of the water, in which an Orchard Oriole appears to be building a 
> nest. Now if you
> stand between the tree and the pond, and fix your binoculars
> intently on the
> place where you saw the oriole rustling leaves, and then take one or two
> steps backward to try and obtain a better view, you will find the you have
> stepped into a thorn bush that is hanging out over the water. Having thus
> disrupted your balance you will, in apparent slow motion, sit down in the
> thorn bush and do a complete backward somersault into the pond.
>
> I not only know the above to be true, but that after you emerge from 
> the pond, clothing and equipment relieving themselves of large 
> quantities of pond water, you will carry with you throughout the 
> remainder of you day's birding and lunch at Chevy's, not only the 
> memory of the experience, and various cuts and scratches, but the 
> distinctive aroma of the pond as well.
>
> I am still laughing, and I hope you will too.
>
> The complete species list is as follows:
>
> Great Blue Heron
> Black Vulture
> Turkey Vulture
> Canada Goose
> Mallard
> Osprey
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Red-shouldered Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Wild Turkey
> Mourning Dove
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo
> Chimney Swift
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Pileated Woodpecker
> Great Crested Flycatcher
> Eastern Kingbird
> White-eyed Vireo
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Red-eyed Vireo
> Blue Jay
> American Crow
> Purple Martin
> Tree Swallow
> Barn Swallow
> Carolina Chickadee
> Tufted Titmouse
> Carolina Wren
> House Wren
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> Eastern Bluebird
> Wood Thrush
> American Robin
> Gray Catbird
> Northern Mockingbird
> Brown Thrasher
> European Starling
> Blue-winged Warbler
> Nashville Warbler
> Northern Parula
> Yellow Warbler
> Black-throated Blue Warbler
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Black-throated Green Warbler
> Pine Warbler
> Prairie Warbler
> Black-and-white Warbler
> American Redstart
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Ovenbird
> Common Yellowthroat
> Yellow-breasted Chat
> Summer Tanager
> Scarlet Tanager
> Eastern Towhee
> Chipping Sparrow
> Field Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> Northern Cardinal
> Blue Grosbeak
> Indigo Bunting
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> Orchard Oriole
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
> House Sparrow
>
> Plus Monk Parakeet at Red Clay Road
>
> Elliot Kirschbaum
> Baltimore, MD USA
> mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net
>
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