Date:         Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:55:44 -0400
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From:         Paul Woodward <grackling@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      McKee-Beshers WMA(Mont Co) 6-11-02
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11 June 2002
     Took my 10th and final breeding bird survey this morning.  This is
usually one of the least interesting routes because it's just through the
central fields, but  I saw the most interesting bird of the season- a male
BOBOLINK calling and flying overhead to the west.  I never saw it land so
I'm not sure what it was up to.
       Another surprise was a singing WILLOW FLYCATCHER in the
illows( where else?)by the bulletin board in the impoundment area.  I have
been here several times in the past two weeks without hearing it.  The only
other one I have found is at the intersection of River and Sycamore Landing
Rds, bit is a very reluctant singer.
       The other bird of general interest was the adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT
HERON in the swampy area along Hunting Quarter Rd east of the central
parking lot.  This has become a reliable spot to find them and it is easy to
see from the road.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA 22032
grackling@worldnet.att.net

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