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Wave of Willow Flycatchers at Blue Mash today

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Bob Hartman

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Bob Hartman

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Mon, 26 May 2008 13:34:56 -0400

I don't see Willow Flycatchers very often, and the only place I've seen 
more than one or two in the same place was in a city park in a little 
town near Asheville, NC.  But this morning at Blue Mash, they were all 
over.  I heard, then saw, the first near the big pond.  Then as I walked 
north along the fence, I heard and/or saw at least 7 or 8 more by the 
time I got to the small pond.  The last was on the east side of the 
small pond, near Zion Road.  I almost doubled my lifetime Willow 
Flycatcher encounters this AM.  And the Willow Flycatchers clearly 
outnumbered the Blue Jays!

Otherwise, there were lots of birds, and quite a few species, but no 
real surprises.  The only obvious transient migrant was a Nashville 
Warbler.  Lots of Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroats.  List below.

	Bob Hartman
	Silver Spring/Colesville



Great Blue Heron        1
Green Heron             1
Canada Goose           25
Mallard                 2
Black Vulture           3
Turkey Vulture          1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Killdeer                1
Mourning Dove           7
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker        4
Eastern Wood-Pewee      3
Willow Flycatcher       8
Eastern Phoebe          1
Tree Swallow           30
Barn Swallow            4
Cedar Waxwing          15
Carolina Wren           2
House Wren             10
Gray Catbird           40
Northern Mockingbird   20
Brown Thrasher          3
Eastern Bluebird        4
Wood Thrush             1
American Robin         16
Tufted Titmouse         1
Blue Jay                4
American Crow           4
Fish Crow               2
Nashville Warbler       1
Northern Parula         3
Yellow Warbler         20
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat    26
Eastern Towhee         12
Field Sparrow          22
Song Sparrow            6
Northern Cardinal      21
Indigo Bunting          4
Red-winged Blackbird    8
Common Grackle          1
Brown-headed Cowbird    1
Orchard Oriole          1
House Finch             2
American Goldfinch      5