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Re: Pax River / Gov Bridge Road Park

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Dan haas

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Dan haas

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Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:12:45 -0400

Everyone,

I forgot to add one GREEN HERON to the list.  Sorry.

-Dan

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Dan haas <> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I dropped by Gov Bridge Road Park this evening after speaking with
> Chris Murray who had a CAPE MAY, a BLACKPOLL and a BLACKBURNIAN
> WARBLER this afternoon.
>
> I managed to locate the BLACKBURNIAN, and delighted to add NASHVILLE
> and MOURNING WARBLER.
>
> The MOURNING WARBLER was found on the trail that leads off to the left
> from the parking lot to the open space / swamp / lake area (the canoe
> launch is at the end of that gravel road).  On the right edge of the
> road, just before it opens up, I spotted this first fall bird low in
> the brush.  It flew deeper into the weeds and thankfully popped up
> twice, providing some very brief, but adequate views of it's light
> gray hood and it's eye-ring.  As I was leaving, the NASHVILLE was
> feeding near the top of the small tree immediately to the left of the
> Port-O-Pot (in the parking area).
>
> The full list...
>
> Canada Goose     2
> Turkey Vulture     2
> Mourning Dove     2
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
> Downy Woodpecker     6
> Northern Flicker     1
> Eastern Phoebe     3
> Blue Jay     3
> Carolina Chickadee     8
> Tufted Titmouse     6
> White-breasted Nuthatch     1
> Carolina Wren     5
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
> American Robin     5
> Gray Catbird     4
> Northern Mockingbird     2
> Brown Thrasher     1
> European Starling     3
> Cedar Waxwing     4
> Nashville Warbler     1
> Northern Parula     1
> Magnolia Warbler     2
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
> Blackburnian Warbler     1
> Mourning Warbler     1
> Common Yellowthroat     2
> Northern Cardinal     10
> House Finch     2
> American Goldfinch     4
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Dan Haas
> West Annapolis, MD
> 
>