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Garrett County (woodcock, whips), 4/29-30

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John Hubbell

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John Hubbell

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Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:42:25 -0400

I spent the weekend in Garrett County, mostly in my atlas block around 
North Glade (south of Bittinger on rt. 495).  The best birding of the trip 
was concentrated in the half hour after sunset on Saturday night.  During 
the first stop at North Glade Rd just west of 495, I added a peenting 
American Woodcock to the atlas block.  I then drove to the northeast end 
of Fort Hill Rd., where I heard more woodcocks peenting and displaying as 
well as 2 singing Whip-poor-wills, a county bird for me.

Although I heard a lot of Black-throated Green Warblers and Blue-headed 
Vireos and saw 1 Least Flycatcher (4/29), not a lot of other warblers and 
migrants had made it up to Garrett yet.  Water levels were high at the 
lakes and reservoirs -- the only shorebirds I saw were Spotted and 
Solitary Sandpipers, including 9 Spotteds at Meadow Lake on Saturday.

I stopped at Big Pool in Washington County coming and going.  I saw 
Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers on both Saturday and Sunday.  On Saturday, 
a Rusty Blackbird was feeding with the shorebirds.  On Sunday, a pair of 
Blue-winged Teal was present. 

John Hubbell
Washington DC