Re: LBJ Grove and Goshawk
Rob Hilton (robert@csa.com)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:24:32 -0500
At 04:45 PM 12/27/98 EST, Dma3@aol.com wrote:
>Ottavio Janni, Paul Pisano, Mary Ann Todd, Dave Czaplak, Howard Elitzak, Kurt
>Gaskill, and Cher, checked the grove on Saturday and found 2 Orange-crowneds
>and 4 Pine Warblers, including an all gray imm. female. This is way above
>average for this grove, which often has one or two warblers hanging on in
>early winter.
On Sunday between 8:40 and 11:15, I was at the LBJ Grove, joined first by
Ottavio Janni and later by Howard Elitzak. We saw at least *six* Pine
Warblers--two bright, two not so bright, and two dull, gray birds. Also
present were one Orange-crowned Warbler, one Winter Wren, and three
Black-crowned Night Herons (one of the latter looking a tad silly perched
on the leader of a pine tree, checking us out).
Last night we heard the Eastern Screech Owl call for the first time before
midnight from our back yard or our neigbors' back yard (Silver Spring). As
always it gave the generally-same-pitch trill; I have yet to hear a whinny
call.
No hawks in Bethesda, yet. I did hit the curb on Saturday in Rockville as
a Cooper's Hawk flew across the road while I was driving.
Rob
Rob (Robert) Hilton--robert@csa.com--Bethesda, Md. (very close to
Washington, DC)
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