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Susquehanna State Park

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Lin Just

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Lin Just

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Fri, 2 May 2008 20:29:20 -0400

Susquehanna was quite birdy today-was able to get a lucky 13 warblers.  My 
husband and I birded the picnic area, trail within the picnic area, some parts 
of the road, Rock Run and Lapidum.  Besides seeing my FOY BLUE WINGED 
WARBLER, one of my favorite sites was seeing 20 CASPIAN TERNS on a single 
flat out on the Susquehanna river near Rock Run!  We then birded Swan 
Harbor Farm where the sounds of SORA filled the air, and erupting flights of 
SNIPES and AMERICAN BITTERN kept us entertained.
Highlights of Susquehanna , with estimate numbers only:

BLUE WINGED WARBLER-2
PROTHONOTORY WARBLER-2
BLACK THROATED BLUE WARBLER-1
CERULEAN WARBLER-4
AMERICAN REDSTART-2
NORTHERN PARULA-6
WORM-EATING WARBLER (heard only on ridge)
YELLOW THROATED WARBLER-1
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH-8
YELLOW WARBLER-1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT-2
BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER-2
OVENBIRD-(heard only on ridge)
SCARLET TANAGER-1
YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO-1
ORCHARD ORIOLE-4
BALTIMORE ORIOLE-2
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER-2
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER-1
EASTERN PHOEBE-1
WOOD THRUSH-4
WARBLING VIREO-4
RED EYED VIREO-6
BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER-12
EASTERN TOWHEE-2
INDIGO BUNTING-2
GREEN HERON-1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER-1
OSPREY-4
CASPIAN TERN-26!

Highlights of SwanHarbor:

BANK SWALLOW-2
NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED SWALLOW-2
TREE SWALLOW-20
BARN SWALLOW-12
SORA-3
AMERICAN BITTERN-1
SNIPE-9
CLAPPER RAIL-1
BALD EAGLE-2
MARSH WREN-2
SAVANNAH SPARROW-6
EASTERN BLUEBIRD-3
WHITE EYED VIREO-1
LEAST SANDPIPER-6
PECTORAL SANDPIPER-1
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER-6
LESSER YELLOWLEGS-4
GREATER YELLOWLEGS-4
BLUE-WINGED TEAL-2
GREEN-WINGED TEAL-2
NORHERN HARRIER-1

Lin Just
crazy4wildbirds
Colora, Md