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Governor Bridge Natural Area 04-15-06

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Doug English

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Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:47:00 -0400

April 15, 2006 7:30 - Noon

Warm and mostly sunny

 

Joined the monthly bird walk with Prince George’s
County Audubon Society at Governor Bridge Natural
Area.  Many wild flowers in bloom with vast areas of
Virginia Bluebells. 

 

Birds seen with rough numbers:

 

Eastern Towhee (numerous, many calling drink your
tea )

Brown-headed Cowbird (6)

Brown Thrasher

White-Throated Sparrow (numerous)

Robin (2)

Great Blue Heron (3)

Mourning Dove

Tree Swallow (2)

Turkey Vulture (3)

Swamp Sparrow

Cardinal (numerous)

Mockingbird (2)

Downy Woodpecker (6)

Red-winged Blackbird (many calling, displaying, a
female apparently eating seeds from last
year's cattails)

Blue Jays (few)

Chickadee (5)

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (1)

Goldfinch (5)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (4)

Common Grackle

Red-bellied Woodpecker (3)

Ovenbird (heard)

Canada Goose (many, some appear to be nesting)

Wood duck (3)

Belted Kingfisher (6, several fly-overs, two
playfully chasing each other)

Carolina Wren (calling)

Hairy Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse (3)

Barred Owl (calling repeatedly)

American Bittern (2, flushed in marsh and then
circled in flight giving nice views)

Eastern Bluebird

American Crow

Fish Crow

Black Vulture

Field Sparrow (4 heard and seen)

Northern Parula (2)

Prairie Warbler (?possibly heard?)

Unidentified sparrow – possibly Song

Unidentified flycatcher (maybe empidonax)