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Little Bennett Saturday AM

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Bob Hartman

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Bob Hartman

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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:02:57 -0400

A lot more birds, and more species, than 2 weeks ago.  Heard (but didn't 
see) a Chestnut-sided Warbler, and John Stup saw one later, so I guess 
the one I heard in my yard yesterday is plausible.

Ran into Anna Urciolo early, and we birded together most of the morning. 
  By the time we got to the old school, we had not seen or heard a 
Louisiana Waterthrush, which was rather puzzling, but Anna spotted one 
in the stream near the school, and we watched as it pretended to be a 
Dipper, wading in the (pretty full) stream and grabbing things out of 
the water.  Later, saw it with a potential mate, then heard another on 
the way back to the parking lot.  Lots of Ovenbirds, Northern Parulas, 
and Eastern Towhees.  Several FoY for me: Tree and Barn Swallows, 
White-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos, Ovenbird, N. Parula, R-w 
Blackbird, and of course, a couple of B-h Cowbirds.  My complete list 
(39) is below.

Anna was still going when I left, so she may have some things to add.

	Bob Hartman
	Colesville (Silver Spring), MD


Great Blue Heron           1
Turkey Vulture             1
Red-shouldered Hawk        3
Red-tailed Hawk            2
Mourning Dove              4
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
Northern Flicker           1
Pileated Woodpecker        3
Eastern Phoebe             3
Great Crested Flycatcher   2
Tree Swallow               2
Barn Swallow               4
Cedar Waxwing              3
Carolina Wren              5
Northern Mockingbird       3
American Robin             4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      4
Carolina Chickadee         1
Tufted Titmouse            1
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
Blue Jay                  20
American Crow             13
Fish Crow                  1
White-eyed Vireo           2
Yellow-throated Vireo      3
Northern Parula           12
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler            1
Ovenbird                  15
Louisiana Waterthrush      3
Common Yellowthroat       19
Eastern Towhee            24
Chipping Sparrow           4
Field Sparrow             10
White-throated Sparrow    11
Northern Cardinal         23
Red-winged Blackbird       4
Brown-headed Cowbird       2
American Goldfinch        20