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Oak Grove Area 11/21/04

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"Lovelace, Glen (DelDOT)"

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:47:08 -0500

Hello All,
	This past Sunday's birding around Oak Grove yielded 48 species.  It
turned into an extended sparrow count with 111 White-Throats, 85 Song
(likely a high count), 35 Junco, 9 Savannah, 5 Field, 5 Chippers (Horseshoe
Rd - DE and getting late for here), 4 Swamp, 2 Fox.  Most of these were seen
in the cutoff woods adjacent tot he railroad off of Kinder Rd.  This woods
seems loaded with sparrows.  I barely had to start pishing and masses of
birds immediately popped up from the brush.  Never even needed the owl tape.
	Beyond that I had RB Nut (on the farm - MD), Br. Creeper and WB Nut
(seen from North Oak Grove Rd, but birds in MD), a Brown Thrasher (near RR
crossing - DE), a flock of 28 Cedar Waxwings (stream crossing on Horseshoe
Rd - DE) and one adult Bald Eagle flying in the fog (Kinder Rd - MD and NOG
- DE).
	Just after dark on 11/20 there was a Screech Owl calling in my
parent's yard.  Both my yard and theirs are bordered by a line of white
pines that are now 20-25 years old.  I wonder if that is what is attracting
the owls to the yard.
	The late winter finch visit was a Pine Siskin that made a brief
appearance on 11/13.

Good Birding,
Glen