A late afternoon Memorial Day drive along the roads at Antietam Battlefield
turned up two singing Dickcissel near the intersection of Hagerstown Pike
and Mansfield Ave.

A Grashopper Sparrow was seen in its usual location near Tour stop #3, but
the usually nearby Vesper Sparrow was not seen.

 A Prairie Warbler and a Yellow-breasted Chat were also seen on their
territory at Tour stop #10.

The Cliff Swallows are very active at their nests under the aqueduct that
crosses Antietam Creek at the C&O Canal.

The complete list for the Canal milepost 70 location and for the battlefield
is as follows:
  
 Black Vulture   
 Turkey Vulture   
 Canada Goose   
 Mourning Dove   
 Acadian Flycatcher
 Eastern Phoebe   
 Great Crested Flycatcher
 Eastern Kingbird  
 Warbling Vireo   
 Red-eyed Vireo   
 American Crow   
 Purple Martin   
 Tree Swallow   
 Cliff Swallow   
 Carolina Chickadee
 Tufted Titmouse   
 Carolina Wren   
 Eastern Bluebird  
 Wood Thrush   
 American Robin   
 Gray Catbird   
 Northern Mockingbird
 Brown Thrasher   
 European Starling 
 Prairie Warbler   
 Louisiana Waterthrush
 Yellow-breasted Chat
 Eastern Towhee   
 Chipping Sparrow  
 Grasshopper Sparrow
 Northern Cardinal 
 Indigo Bunting   
 Dickcissel   
 Eastern Meadowlark
 Common Grackle   
 Brown-headed Cowbird
 Baltimore Oriole  
 American Goldfinch
 House Sparrow  

Elliot

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher500 at comcast dot net