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Patuxent Wildlife Refuge (South Tract)

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Benjamin Kenyon

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Benjamin Kenyon

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Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:47:10 -0400

Me and my friends went to do some birding at the South Tract part of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge and caught some nice migrants, the best of which being Rusty Blackbirds! They were feeding in the mudflats near the bird blind. I first counted 3, then 5, and the highest count was 8! Majority were males in their winter plumage, with a few females with them. The other nice surprise was 9 Pectoral Sandpipers! They too were feeding in the mudflats. The complete list is as follows:

Location: South Tract (Bird Blind/Floating Bridge)
Weather: Cold, upper 30's to low 40's, and raining. Cloudy.
Time: 1:30-3:30PM
Observers: 3

RUDDY DUCKS (2 = 1 Male/1 Female)
RING NECKED DUCKS (5 = 4 Males/1 Female)
Canadian Geese (Everywhere)
Blue Jays (15+)
Robins (20+)
Eastern Bluebirds (6)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Northern Cardinals (x)
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (8)
Pectoral Sandpipers (9)
Killdeers (3)
Great Blue Heron (1)
White-Throated Sparrows (x)
Dark-eyed Juncos (Slate Colored) (x)
FEILD SPARROWS (3)
Song Sparrows (x)
SWAMP SPARROWS (x)
Northern Flickers (3)
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 -Heard)
Ruby-Crowned Kinglets (9)
Golden-Crowned Kinglets (5)
            ~ Both species had at least one individual showing their
               colored crowns.
Brown Creepers (2)
White-Breasted Nuthatch (1)
Tufted Titmice (2)
PALM WARBLER (1 Fall Male)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (1)

We also stopped by the Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve and saw these mentionables:

Pie-Billed Grebe (3)
Trumpeter Swan #960
Snowy Egret (1)

Good Birding!
Ben
Is there anywhere I should be reporting the Rusty Blackbirds besides here?