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Dickcissel in Harford

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Matt Hafner

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Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:30:53 EDT

I made a brief stop this afternoon at Lakeside ponds in Edgewood.   There is 
one pond there still worth birding.  It is mostly cattails with  some nice 
sparrow habitat.  I was walking slowly and pishing when a female  Dickcissel flew 
out of the cattails and headed over the buildings.  I  watched the bird until 
it was too far to make out a dot in my binoculars.   I really thought it may 
land nearby, but it didn't appear to.  The bird  flew by very close, enough to 
get a good look at the face pattern and yellow  chest.  Oddly enough however, 
it didn't give its distinctive buzz flight  call when it was within earshot.  
Other birds present were 3 Swamp  Sparrows, a Yellow Palm Warbler, and 
Eastern Phoebe.
 
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD