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4/6 Howard Co. Patapsco Valley SP & Hugg-Thomas WMA

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Business250

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Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:32:11 -0700

Greetings,
   
  I spent a very pleasant morning 4/6 at the Henryton section of the Patapsco Valley State Park and then the Hugg-Thomas wildlife management area.  (Howard County, Delorme pg 57, between A&B at 4 & 5.)  The highlights for me were:
   
  Henryton 8-10 am - West trail 
   
  Wood Ducks, about 7 M, 1 F
  Louisiana Waterthrush singing and posing by the river
  Rusty Blackbirds, 2 M, 1 F in the first little creek by the road
   
  Across the river heard a Field Sparrow and Great Horned Owl and saw a red fox.
   
  Hugg-Thomas 10 am-12.  
   
  Accipiter soaring - guessing Sharp-Shinned by the way it held its wings in a gull position.
  2 GHOs having a nice conversation.
  Louisiana Waterthrush singing and posing by a wet area.
  Kinglet - heard once only.
   
  FYI - Hugg-Thomas next hunting season is posted as 4/15 - 5/23 Monday - Saturday when my understanding is that it is open to hunters with permits only. 
   
  This was my first visit.  When not closed for hunting, it seemed it would be a birdy area with a mixture of fields, woods and streams, a lot of understory, several pine stands and roads that would let one be partway up the hillside to help with warbler neck.
   
  Scott Berglund
  Ellicott City, MD
  business250ATyahooDOTcom
   

			
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