Date:         Sun, 4 May 2003 23:19:42 -0400
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From:         Meghan Tice <cecropia13@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Fort Dupont Park, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 4
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Today the Maryland Native Plant Society sponsored a field trip to Fort Du=
pont Park.  Jane Hill and I observed birds.  Species seen and/or heard fo=
llow:

Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great-crested Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Scarlet Tanager
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch

Butterflies and skippers observed include tiger swallowtail, Juvenal's du=
skywing, silver-spotted skipper, pearl crescent (mating pair), cabbage wh=
ite, and eastern tailed blue.

When I returned home, went out into a horse pasture to check on birds in =
nearby mature trees: myrtle, blackpoll, chestnut-sided, and worm-eating w=
arblers, lots of robins and house sparrows, grackles, cowbirds, and an im=
mature red-shouldered hawk that playfully looked about in the grass and f=
rom a low branch; not alarming any other bird in the slightest and not a =
single bit interested in my birding the field.

Meghan Tice
Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD
cecropia13@msn.com

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