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Patricia Valdata

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Patricia Valdata

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Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:50:49 -0400

I checked out the community park this afternoon around 2ish, not 
expecting to see much.
I was right, at least as far as waterfowl--just a few Canada Geese 
and Mallards.
Winds from the northeast were brisk and the sky to the south was quite dark.
Furnace bay was almost empty, although I got a good look at a male 
Belted Kingfisher
and two immature Bald Eagles that were practicing their flying and 
fishing skills. Another
immature eagle was farther out in the Susquehanna. Forster's Terns 
were out and about, too.
Only one Great Blue Heron around.

Chickadees, Titmice, and White-breasted Nuthatches are getting 
noisier, and a Goldfinch
sang from the top of a tree, which seemed a tad out of season. There 
was a flock of Starlings
and Cowbirds in various plumages, and the rattiest-looking 
Mockingbird I have ever seen.
I think it was a juvenile finishing up its adult plumage, but the 
fuzzy head with spiky quills
sticking up and the overall messiness made this a very sorry sight.

I also spotted a small flycatcher, which perched briefly in the open. 
Noticeable eye ring
and wing bars, and very colorful lemon-yellow abdomen, were all I had 
time to spot.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher seems the most likely, right, or could an 
Acadian have that much yellow on it?

--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