Hi all,
 House work kept me home this weekend so I briefly birded around the  yard. 
Saturday I found my first (and only) White-throated Sparrow perched  in a small 
cherry tree, looking either very tired or perhaps injured somehow. It  sat 
for the longest time, very un-sparrowlike. This was number 73.
 
Sunday morning I saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker fly across the yard and  
disappear in the front, for # 74. Then birding along the tree-line in back I had  
a Golden-crowned Kinglet followed by Ruby-crowned Kinglet (#75 & 76). Later  
in the early evening as I was standing down by the road after taking out the  
trash, I tried calling for screech owl, and got a response from the woods 
across  the street. Just after this (at nearly dusk) I heard Wood Ducks from 
overhead,  and looked up to see a flock of 19 backlit against the setting sun as 
they flew  overhead, making #77! 
 
Earlier in the afternoon I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying over and circling  
above the fields next door. Not a new yard bird but still very nice!
 
As my yard list increases I try to imagine the next 3-5 birds I think I  
should see. The last set included sapsucker, White-throated Sparrow and  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet to bring my list to 75. Instead I saw the Golden-crowned,  but 
still sort of predictable. My next birds I should see include Brown Creeper,  
Tundra Swan, perhaps White-crowned Sparrow and maybe a Blue-headed Vireo. We'll  
see...
 
Good birding, 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine, MD




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