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GWHE yes, EAGR no

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"J.B. Churchill"

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J.B. Churchill

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Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:23:03 -0400

I took the day off today to go birding with my wife (Donna).  We got a 
bit of a late start but a good omen was a sub-adult GOLDEN EAGLE just 
past Sideling Hill in Washington County.  Our first major birding stop 
at Eastern Neck NWR was productive too and the GREAT WHITE HERON was 
easily found from the blind at the end of the boardwalk at the Tubby 
Cove Trail.  Boxes Point Trail was birdy with lots of White-throated 
Sparrows, Juncos, Song, Field and just a few Chipping Sparrows and 
Cardinals.  Also GC Kinglets, a Winter Wren and a couple Carolina 
Wrens.  Three Palm Warblers (2 yellow, 1 western) were nice to see and a 
few yellow-rumps here and there.  Lots of Forster's Terns, and a few 
gulls (Laughing Gulls, Ring Billed, and Herring).  The wind probably 
aided the accipiters that I saw (2 Sharpies and a Cooper's) all flying 
in to the tump at the end of the Boxes Point trail.

We tried for the Eared Grebe previously reported at the Easton STP but 
had no luck finding it.  It was very windy.  I scanned the lower pond 
thoroughly and the upper pond to a lesser extent but didn't see anything 
grebe-like.  Just some Northern Shovelors and Ruddy Ducks.

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J. B. Churchill
Frostburg, Maryland

webpage: http://www.jbchurchill.com/
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