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Quiet weekend at Jug Bay, sort of

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Jeff Shenot

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Jeff Shenot

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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:29:02 -0400

This weekend I stayed at home and birded in the mornings, and looked for 
butterflies in the afternoon.  I had missed a week here while I was on 
vacation, so it was nice to look around here.  Like everywhere, this weekend 
was dominated by the heat (On Sat. it reached 99 here in the shade of our 
porch!), and the birds were subdued.  Bluejays, cardinals, thrushes (wood, 
robin and bluebird), vireos (red-eye and white), mimids (all 3), C. wrens and  
waxwings were all calling frequently, with young that were noisy begging.  But 
other than that it was quiet except for the incessant cicadas, which were 
very loud.  I only got one warbler Saturday, my first OVENBIRD of the fall, and 
today all I could find was a female yellowthroat.  It seems like most the birds 
around here were local breeders, with very few migrants around.  The only 
other fall migrants I saw were one Great Egret and 4 BLUE-WING TEAL (today).

I had a great weekend with butterflies, I found 24 species here plus two 
others nearby.  I guess they love this heat!

Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD