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Re: Yellow-Rumps

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Patricia Valdata

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Patricia Valdata

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Fri, 5 May 2006 13:47:24 -0400

Those of you who perceive a lack of Yellow-Rumped Warblers need only
come over to the Turkey Point parking lot, where you will find
them in abundance. Just about every warbler that was visible today
was a "butterbutt." I also had a nice look at a singing male 
Black-throated Green,
and I heard Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, and several other songs I could
not identify (I could have used your good ear, Sean), along with 
Red-eyed Vireo.
I had a good look at one of the Pileated Woodpeckers, too, which was 
being rather furtive,
and didn't call until another Pileated called on the other side of 
the hill. The
woodpecker was below me on the cliffside, so I had an unusual 
perspective on it.
The white wing patches really caught my eye.

Back home, I am delighted to see a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering
around the front porch, where the feeder is located, and then a Robin sitting
on a nest on our highest windowsill. This morning I heard multiple 
Wood Thrushes
and Ovenbirds.

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato