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C&O Canal (Sunday) and Bird CD recom

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Kevin Caldwell

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Kevin Caldwell

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Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:11:17 -0400

(((Can't recall who asked but the Peterson's cd "Birds of Eastern North
America" (I think thats correct) is a good one - best I've heard yet and is
beyond excellent in the field to quickly check song / calls (take a copy of
the playlist)   Its got nearly everything, maybe 250-300 or so birds?) on it
and the warblers department will blow your mind, humble you, and excite you
on their subtleties.   Birds are played by group in nearly the order of
sibleys - shorebirds first and ending with sparrows. I have the other two
3-CD sets from P'sons, but like this one best - there is some great verbal
help though on the longer CD's, but its just unweild in the field or for
quick reference for tone, length, pitch, etc.)))

Haven't had time to post yet but paddled from Pt of Rocks to the next put-in
east on the Potomac (New Design Rd) and came across our 1st NORTHERN PARULA
of the year the only new singer for the day.  Y-Rumped, LA W-thrush, BG
Gnatcatcher and Pine warblers were the other small wonders.  Plenty of DC
cormorants, canada geese, mallards, comm mergansers, and wood ducks.  Still
havent' seen any kingfishers yet (and i've been out looking in general for
hours) but I know its just wrong place / wrong time and was also surprised
not to see / hear Towhees. The typical woodpeckers, titouse, chicadees,
cardinals, etc were in force as well.

Also, I want to note that my claim on N.Waterthrush from 4/14 may not be
accurate - Bob Ringler pointed out that it would be a week early (than the
earliest arrival in MD, Bob?) and that LA W-thrushes (which sound very
similar) can cut song short vs. their typical chattery end notes.  To the
best of my birding, I'd say I saw a NWT given the song and tawnier color of
the bird, location above and foraging at dead water edge where i don't often
see LA W-thrushes (and which I'm not sure is 'required' for NWT's in
migration). So its a maybe and possibly doubtful given Bob's arrivals
records.   Thank Bob if he questions you, as its better to think and learn
than to think you learned when you may have seen a ghost instead...

Kevin Caldwell
Knoxville, MD
Wash Co.