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Blue Mash Sunday morning

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David and Sandi Gersten

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David and Sandi Gersten

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Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:57:23 -0400

Spent from 6:20-9:45 this morning at Blue Mash.  Little blue heron is still
there, though two snapping turtles are keeping it and the egrets and great
blues moving.  Had an early merlin flyover.  Nine warbler species,
including:

 

nashville

chestnut-sided

magnolia

black-throated blue

black-and-white

redstart

northern waterthrush

pine

common yellowthroat.

 

Other birds I was pleased to see:

 

greater yellowlegs (3)

lesser yellowlegs (3)

solitary sandpiper (2)

spotted sandpiper

semipalmated sandpiper (14)

least sandpiper (2)

pectoral sandpiper (3)

willow flycatcher (2)

acadian flycatcher 

yellow-throated vireo

swamp sparrow (2)

field sparrow (2)

baltimore oriole

swifts (40+ working the large pond)

hummingbirds (3)

kingfisher

all regular woodpecker species except red-headed

 

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David Gersten

Silver Spring, MD