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No Little Egret at Bombay Hook

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JAMES WILSON

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JAMES WILSON

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Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:19:20 -0400

I ventured to Bombay Hook this morning to check for the Little Egret and the 
Cliff Swallows nesting under the bridge just North of Taylor's Gut.  The 
Cliff Swallows were abundant but the Little Egret was among the missing. 
The bird sighting sheet had no listings for the Little Egret for the past 
several days.  Of course, there were probably 100 Snowy Egrets and several 
million biting flies so a thorough search was just not possible.
Avocets and Black Necked Stilts were there, along with many Short Billed 
Dowitchers, several Yellowlegs and a one second glimpse of a possible 
Pectoral Sandpiper before it disappeared in the weeds.

Back in my Maryland back yard, the nesting birds and newly fledged birds are 
putting on a nice show.  I have a male and female Hummer coming to the 
feeder.  I hope to see more if they had a successful hatching.
A Crow robbing a Robin's nest attracted quite a crowd of Grackles, Robins, 
Catbirds, Orioles, Downies and even a Great Crested Flycatcher.  The crow 
ignored them until it was ready to fly away.

Jim Wilson
Queenstown