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Black-crowned Night Heron & Wilson's Warbler

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Fred Shaffer

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Fred Shaffer

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Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:22:55 -0400

It was a beautiful morning for walking around Schoolhouse Pond today.  
Highlights included a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron on a low snag 
overhanging the edge of the pond.  Other waders included a Great Egret, 3 
Great Blue Herons, and 2 Green Herons.  Also of note were some migrant 
warblers, including a female Wilson's Warbler, two American Redstarts and 
a Common Yellowthroat.  A Solitary Sandpiper fed on the mudflats.  

Also, I saw a female Indigo Bunting feeding both a fledgling bunting and a 
fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird, which was significantly bigger than the  
adult Indigo Bunting.  The Trumpeter Swan was resting in the grass near 
the pond.  

Fred Shaffer
Patuxent MOS