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Merkle Birds -- Summer Tanager, Red-Headed Woodpecker

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chris murray

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chris murray

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:13:06 -0400

Yesterday morning at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary in P.G. county yielded
the following:

Canada Goose     17
Mallard     6
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     4
Osprey     2
Red-tailed Hawk      1
Mourning Dove     3
Red-headed Woodpecker     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     2
Acadian Flycatcher     12
Great Crested Flycatcher     3
Eastern Kingbird     1
White-eyed Vireo     3
Red-eyed Vireo     2
American Crow     2
Purple Martin     20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     6
Barn Swallow     2
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     4
Carolina Wren     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
Eastern Bluebird     2
Wood Thrush     5
American Robin     4
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     2
Northern Parula     6
Yellow Warbler     1
American Redstart     2
Prothonotary Warbler     4
Ovenbird     2
Louisiana Waterthrush     2
Common Yellowthroat     6
Hooded Warbler     1
Summer Tanager     1
Scarlet Tanager     1
Eastern Towhee     4
Chipping Sparrow     2
Grasshopper Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     4
Indigo Bunting     3
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Common Grackle     6
Brown-headed Cowbird     3
Orchard Oriole     2
House Finch     3
American Goldfinch     4
House Sparrow     3

This was along the trail that goes alongside of the stream and out to
the swamp.  Really a great trail for birds
Happy Birding,
Chris