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many bluebirds at Little Bennett Sat. AM

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Bob Hartman

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Bob Hartman

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Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:43:57 -0500

Sorry for the late posting - computer acting up.  (Hope it lasts long 
enough to finish this e-mail.)

Got to LB much later than usual, about 9AM, and found almost no birds 
for the first half-hour.  Then found a large flock of bluebirds 
(estimate 60, enough to completely surround me - glad they weren't 
aggressive), accompanied by about 20 waxwings.  That was a little beyond 
the first wiggle in Kingsley Trail east of the parking lost.  From 
there, all the way to the old schoolhouse, I had bluebirds, seen and/or 
heard, essentially every step of the way (10 or 12 more waxwings also). 
  In total, I estimate at least 150 bluebirds, by far the most I've ever 
encountered at LB, or maybe anywhere.  I walked up the hill toward the 
campground, then down, after which I found !no! bluebirds, all the way 
back to the parking lot.  I wonder if this indicates some kind of 
large-scale movement of bluebirds.

No other significant sightings except that I had a 6-woodpecker day (no 
Red-headed).

	Bob Hartman
	Colesville, MD