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Blue Grosbeak and Purple Finch, Paint Branch Trail, College Park

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Colin Hebert

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Colin Hebert

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Sat, 20 May 2006 23:27:29 -0400

Pretty good morning on the Paint Branch Trail, depsite being overcast
and then somewhat windy when the sun finally came out.  Highlights for
me included a small flock of Purple Finch foraging in the Metzerott
Parking lot and a Blue Grosbeak in the scrubby area between the last
bridge and Cherry Hill road.  Plenty of woodpeckers, including good
looks at the Pileated in the Swamp.  Full report is below.

Canada Goose  	6
Mallard 	10
Great Blue Heron 	1
Green Heron 	2
Turkey Vulture 	3
Killdeer 	1
Solitary Sandpiper 	1
Mourning Dove 	4
Chimney Swift 	3
Belted Kingfisher 	1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 	2
Downy Woodpecker 	2
Northern Flicker 	2
Pileated Woodpecker 	1
Eastern Phoebe 	1
Eastern Kingbird 	1
Warbling Vireo 	2
Red-eyed Vireo 	3
Blue Jay 	1
American Crow 	1
Carolina Chickadee 	3
Tufted Titmouse 	2
Carolina Wren 	8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 	2
Eastern Bluebird 	2
American Robin 	10
Northern Mockingbird 	2
European Starling 	6
Cedar Waxwing 	6
Common Yellowthroat 	1
Yellow-breasted Chat 	1
Song Sparrow 	2
Northern Cardinal 	8
Blue Grosbeak 	1
Indigo Bunting 	6
Red-winged Blackbird 	6
Common Grackle 	8
Brown-headed Cowbird 	1
Baltimore Oriole 	3
Purple Finch 	3
American Goldfinch 	6
House Sparrow 	3