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Rcok Creek addendum 29th Sept 07

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Gary Allport

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Gary Allport

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Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:01:30 -0400

Dear All

Further to Wallace's post some things to add from a good morning birding in 
Rock Creek.  Persistence paid with good birds still coming in to the 
Maintenance Yard up until at least 10am.  

The warbler diversity was good.  i think i am right in saying that between us 
we manged 16 species in the yard and on the ridge all told vis:

1. Black-throated Green
2. Black-throated Blue
3. Cape May (Stables)
4. Yellow-rumped (oh no they're back!)
5. Black & White
6. Bay-breasted
7. Pine (2 by the stables)
8. Blackpoll
9. Blackburnian (Yard)
10. Magnolia
11. Chestnut-sided
12. Palm (Yard)
13. Redstart
14. Parula
15. CONNECTICUT
16. Yellowthroat

Plus Ovenbird if you count that as a warbler.  Not a bad morning.

Most of the action was warbler orientated but there were good flights of jays, 
several Red-breasted Nuthatchs, one Broad-winged Hawk and Barry had an 
very Summerish Tanager early in the morning in the yard.

Greg Butcher and I gave the grassy area of the Dog Run a walk through at the 
end of the morning which was productive yielding a Savannah Sparrow and a 
very obliging LINCOLN'S SPARROW which hung around in the hedge line on the 
far edge of the field for a while.

Good birding!

Gary Allport