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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:44:27 +0000

We were back to Chesapeake Forest this morning. This time we arrived in 
time to hear a Whip-poor-will and Great Horned Owl. Wednesday the Whips 
were deafening, today only one (we were later today). We ended up with 
56 species, similar to our other trips. Birds of note:

turkey
solitary sandpiper
yellow-billed cuckoo      2
great horned owl
whip-poor-will
pileated woodpecker     2
great crested flycatcher     2
brown thrasher     3
wood thrush     2
blue-gray gnatcatcher     many
white-eyed vireo     many
red-eyed vireo     3
yellow warbler
black-throated blue wabler
yellow throated wabler     2
pine wabler      many
prairie wabler     many   
black-and-white wabler      many
prothonotary wabler     5
worm-eating wabler
ovenbird     many
common yellowthroat     several
scarlet tanager     3
towhee     many
chipping sparrow     3
blue grosbeak     1
too many cowbirds!

Karen Harris
Easton, MD