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McKee-Beshers WMA(Mont Co)-5-15-07

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Paul Woodward

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Paul Woodward

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Wed, 16 May 2007 08:34:01 -0400

      Unlike most trips here I found the best birds at the end of my 
travels.  Started the morning at Sycamore Landing along the C&O canal near 
milepost 27 looking for Cerulean Warblers.  Checked the main area where they 
can usually be seen without any success.  I am beginning to think that they 
no longer nest here.  I'll continue to survey the areas where I have found 
them previously, but I am not optimistic.
     Continued along the towpath to the Horsepen Hiker-Biker then came back 
through the fields, staying mostly on the southern edges, until I returned 
to Sycamore Landing Rd..  Before I left I checked the impoundments to make 
sure I wasn't missing anything.  Found a LEAST BITTERN, 2 GREAT EGRETS, at 
least one COMMON MOORHEN, and 2 AMERICAN COOTS - not a bad way to end the 
day.  Still haven't heard any Warbling Vireos.
     Found 59 species with the other highlights being an Osprey, an adult 
Bald Eagle, a female turkey feeding in a dry swamp, and a singing 
Grasshopper Sparrow NE of Willard & River Rds..

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA