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Sykesville Scrubland 10/06/08

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Felicia Lovelett

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Felicia Lovelett

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Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:29:12 -0400

Fairly birdy this morning. 
Finally saw  warblers: most were foraging low in grass & brush.
Also seen in scrub yesterday (but not today) fof HERMIT THRUSH.

Felicia Lovelett
Sykesville, MD


(eBird report)

Location:    PVSP Scrubland & farm (Swallows Nest)
Observation date:     10/6/08
Notes:   Front scrub, pipeline hill1>woods>yard>parkfield>near back scrub
	Cloudy (sun 10A) no wind 50-55F
Number of species:     37

Canada Goose     35
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     (heard)
Rock Pigeon     17
Mourning Dove     10
Red-bellied Woodpecker     6    
Downy Woodpecker     4     
Hairy Woodpecker     1     seen+h pipeline hill#1 /WE
Northern Flicker     8     
Pileated Woodpecker     1     (heard)
Eastern Phoebe     8     
Blue Jay     25     
American Crow     37     
Carolina Chickadee     11     
Tufted Titmouse     7     
White-breasted Nuthatch     3     
Carolina Wren     10     (heard)
Eastern Bluebird     7     
American Robin     95     several flocks
Gray Catbird     20     very quiet
Northern Mockingbird     13     vocal & prominent
European Starling     51
Cedar Waxwing     35     /BS 2 flocks
Tennessee Warbler     3     /BS milkweed 1stfall yellow wash, dark eyeline,
olive green back
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1     /BS male on autumn olive
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1 /Y sycamore
Black-throated Green Warbler     2     /WE
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     3     fof /BS /k tall grass
Common Yellowthroat     1
Eastern Towhee     17     (heard)
Chipping Sparrow     15     most/Y bare ground
White-throated Sparrow     5     singing
Northern Cardinal     41     
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
House Finch     13
American Goldfinch     9     
House Sparrow     8