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Strange catbird

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Janet Millenson

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Janet Millenson

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Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:04:43 -0400

An exotic-looking bird showed up at my pond just now -- gray with a longish 
bill and what looked like a black and white head. I did a double-take and 
realized it was actually a catbird (first of the season) with large white 
patches on its cheeks plus a white streak through its dark cap. It was 
accompanied by a normal-plumaged bird. Usually several pairs of catbirds 
nest in my yard each summer, but I've never seen this individual before.

Still no warblers here other than some snazzy yellow-rumps in breeding 
plumage.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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