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Cromwell Valley Nature Center

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Taylor McLean

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Taylor McLean

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Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:24:01 -0400

Place: Cromwell Valley Nature Center
Date: 10/13/2007                       
Time: 7:30 - 12:00 noon  
 
I arrived around dawn to find a light frost on some of the grass.
I was hoping that the recent cool front had brought in good numbers of
sparrows, and I was not disappointed. In particular, I had exquisite
views of
several groups of White-crowned Sparrows.
 
Selected species are listed below                        
                        
1          ...  Cooper's Hawk
1          ...  Red-Tailed Hawk
4          ...  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4          ...  Easter Phoebe
x          ...  Carolina Chickadee
x          ...  Tufted Titmouse
x          ...  White-breasted Nuthatch
x          ...  Carolina Wren
3          ...  House Wren
5          ...  Winter Wren
16         ...  Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
x          ...  Eastern Bluebird
x          ...  American Robin
x          ...  Gray Catbird
6          ...  Brown Thrasher
x          ...  N. Mockingbird
x          ...  Cedar waxwing
x          ...  Starling
19         ...  Yellow-rumped Warbler
6          ...  Palm Warbler (4 yellow)
5          ...  Yellowthroat
1          ...  Blue Grosebeak (first year)
5          ...  Eastern Towhee
108       ...  Chipping Sparrow
2          ...  Field Sparrow
17         ...  Song Sparrow
11         ...  Swamp Sparrow
36         ...  White-throated Sparrow
12         ...  White-crowned Sparrow (5 imm.)
3          ...  Dark-eyed Junco
x          ...  House Finch
x          ...  American Goldfinch
x          ...  House Sparrow
 
 
                             Good Birding!
 
 
 
                                    Taylor McLean
                                    Towson, MD
                                     Balto. Co.