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Little Bennett Wed. AM

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Bob Hartman

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Bob Hartman

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Wed, 9 Aug 2006 21:07:44 -0400

A beautiful morning at LB.  No obvious migrants, and not a lot of birds, 
but identified 22 species.  With the exception of cardinals, the most 
numerous species was Y-b Cuckoo (about half a dozen).  I've had that 
experience during August in previous years.  Are they just more vocal in 
August, or does that indicate that there is a wave of migrant cuckoos 
moving thru?

There were 3 Wood Thrushes singing, but they weren't singing complete 
phrases, and a couple of the voices sounded pretty thin.  I suspect they 
were young birds practicing.

One ID I'm not sure of: A couple of heard-only birds with similar calls. 
  They were in an area where Warbling Vireos have nested in the past. 
The calls were 2 melodic notes, the second higher in pitch, sounding to 
me like "p-deep".  Is that compatible with a WAVI call?

Another call that I didn't recognize was a fast burst of 4-5 clicks, 
repeated many times.  Can anybody tell me what that might have been?

	Bob Hartman
	Colesville, MD


Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
Wood Thrush
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo(???)
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch