Fwd: Pacific/Arctic Loon Seen at Noon on Friday

Warblerick@aol.com
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 18:09:08 EDT 

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From: Warblerick@aol.com
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Subject: Re: Pacific/Arctic Loon Seen at Noon on Friday
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 17:29:30 EDT
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Hi Norm!

Sigh, Hughes Hollow seems to be getting worse and worse. I almost don't like
driving all that way across the county anymore, since the past few times I've
done so I have been disappointed. Usually it is overrun with hunters/dog
trainers, who are constantly ignoring the signs. Most of my recent birding has
been closer to home, either Tucker Lane along the Patuxent River here in
Ashton, or up at Triadelphia Lake Rd.

 I birded Tucker Lane early yesterday morning for a few hours, trying to beat
the heat. I had really nice looks at a pair of Hooded Warblers and a Veery,
but just as things were getting good, huge swarms of mosquitoes drove me
away.. I've never encountered anything like it, even camping at Assateague. I
sprayed from head to toe before I went down into the woods, but the mosquitoes
were voracious, and it made the birding there unpleasant. I hurried back to
the road and birded there some more, finding my best bird of the morning
calling from a tree right beside the road ; a male Kentucky Warbler! Nice!

 This morning I again left early and headed to Triadelphia Lake Rd., catching
the sun coming up over the wooded valleys below, and watching a fox walk the
fields in search of anything edible. They've just finished mowing the fields,
and a large machine was working to pick up many of the bales. Still, I found
at least 2 singing Grasshopper Sparrows, and had a pair of Meadowlarks that
were nest building in one of the private fields that hadn't been mown yet. In
this same field I heard a singing Dickcissel but could not locate it, and then
it moved further from the road area. Also in this field I heard a Bobwhite
calling. I stood by the fence and responded with my own "bobwhite" following
it up with a soft "tu tu tu". I don't speak quail-ese but I must've said
something good, because suddenly the male bobwhite flew out and landed on the
fence right in front of me about 30 feet away! Bird-du-jour!!

I also had nice views of Yellow-breasted Chats at both locations, as well as
Yellow-throated Vireo along Tucker Lane, pairs of Indigo Buntings, Red-eyed
Vireos, Wood Thrushes, etc... the nesting season is upon us.

  Last Saturday Nancy the girls and I drove up to Cape May for the day (my
first trip) arriving almost too late to do any real birding, but I did run
into Pete Dunne at the CMBO (new building) and got him to sign one of my
books. We took the ferry across late Saturday, and stayed in Dover over night.
On Sunday we met a group (Mitch & Amanda, Jay & Diane, Mike Moffatt, and Roger
Stone) at Bombay Hook and did the shorebird/horseshoe crab run. Nothing really
unusual, but it was Roger's first time down, and he had a great day. We birded
from 8 AM till 8PM, and got 90 species for the day. Roger got 15 life birds!!

 Well, that's about it for now. Nothing else really new here. How's things
with you ? Talk to ya soon, Rick


Rick Sussman
Warblerick@aol.com

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