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Elliot Island Rd. and Pickering Creek today

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Bob Hartman

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Bob Hartman

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Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:32:12 -0400

My son Ken and I were quite successful in searching for Saltmarsh 
Sharp-tailed Sparrows (life bird for Ken, since they don't get to Texas) 
on Elliot Island Road today.  We saw one or two, along with some Seaside 
Sparrows, then played a recording briefly, trying to get them closer. 
That worked great: about 4-6 more came out and gave us some great looks. 
  That all happened 5.7 miles south of the intersection @ Henry's 
Crossroad, about 200 meters before the big "Fishing Bay" sign, in the 
short bright green grass on the right (west) side of the road.  Other 
notables on EI Rd were 2 Bald Eagles, an alternate plumage Dunlin 
hanging out with a Semipalmated Sandpiper, and a Red-winged Blackbird 
hassling a Red-tailed Hawk, several times actually landing on the back 
of the hawk for 2-3 seconds.

Since that all took less time than we feared, we had time to stop by 
Pickering Creek on the way home.  The most interesting birds there were 
a pair of Blue Grosbeaks talking to each other, a singing Grasshopper 
Sparrow, a (somewhat scruffy) singing Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and a 
juvenile Prairie Warbler.

	Bob Hartman
	Silver Spring/Colesville