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N. Arundel: 9/4/08

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Matthew Grey

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Matthew Grey

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Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:21:18 -0400

Hello all.

I went to Lake Shore Athletic Complex this morning for about 3 hours and found a few good birds. The Chat was a good find as was the easy-to-approach roosting Red-shoulder. 

Totals:

Great Egret: 1 flyover
Canada Goose: 230
Turkey Vulture: 5
Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 really nice adult
Mourning Dove: 3
Chimney Swift: 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 3
Downy Woodpecker: 2
Empid. sp.: 2
Barn Swallow: 3
Blue Jay: 6
American Crow: 3
Carolina Chickadee: 5
Tufted Titmouse: 2
Carolina Wren: 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1  
Eastern Bluebird: 9
American Robin: 5
Gray Catbird: 3
Northern Mockingbird: 6
Brown Thrasher: 2
European Starling: 150+
White-eyed Vireo: 5
Red-eyed Vireo: 6
Yellow Warbler: 1
Magnolia Warbler: 2
Pine Warbler: 1
Prairie Warbler: 1
Black-and-white Warbler: 2  
American Redstart: 5
Ovenbird: 1
Common Yellowthroat: 2
Yellow-breasted Chat: 1  Not easy to find in September
Northern Cardinal: 8
Indigo Bunting: 1
Eastern Towhee: 6
Chipping Sparrow: 6
Brown-headed Cowbird: 20+
House Finch: 9
American Goldfinch: 8
House Sparrow: 15+  Parking lot

Butterflies:

Black Swallowtail: 1
Spicebush Swallowtail: 1
Cabbage White: 3
Orange Sulphur: 6
Cloudless Sulphur: 9
Red-banded Hairstreak: 1
Buckeye: 4
Eastern Tailed-Blue: 9
Little Glassywing: 1
Least Skipper: 1
Northern Broken-Dash: 2

Matt Grey
Pasadena