What's funny about this is that after Matt and I were discussing the Patagonia Picnic Table Effect (or the hope for one, with all the new birders at Ft. Smallwood yesterday), I walked away to take some shots of the waterfowl on the bay. As I approached the last picnic table before the water, the two Redpolls jumped up from the grass and perched very helpfully on the picnic table for me, allowing some great shots.
 
With Matt's blessing, I'd like to dub that table the "Patagonia" table at Ft. Smallwood... ;)
 
-- Scott Michaud
Pasadena, MD> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:43:27 -0500> From: > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Fort Smallwood 2/24/08: Redpolls, etc.> To: > > Hello all.> > Today's 'bird walk' at Fort Smallwood consisted of Redpoll hunting...and finding > a lot of other species in between. > > We had 54 species total on the day, with many birds added to this list by > some of the (perhaps 50) birders who visited the park today (a good number > of whom got at least one Redpoll). > Matt Grey> Pasadena> 
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