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Weekend yard birds, Woodbine,MD

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Rick Sussman

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Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:07:22 EDT

Hi all,
 Early on Saturday morning as I was standing in the driveway getting  ready 
to leave (around 7AM) for a birdwalk I was leading for The Backyard  
Naturalist, I heard an Eastern Meadowlark singing from the back edge of the  
property. My farmer/neighbor has still not mowed his hayfield, so perhaps  
nesting (?). Then around dusk, my daughter and I were out back and she saw a  high 
flying bird heading NE, a lone Common Nighthawk!
 
Early last evening I was sitting on the deck out back, when (around 6:15  
PM) I watched an adult Red-headed Woodpecker fly over our house heading due  
south. 
 
We've also been watching multiple N. Mockingbirds feeding fledged young in  
our yard, a very diligent pair of Brown Thrashers bringing food to a nest  
somewhere in our yard (we still haven't determined exactly which holly they 
are  in), as well as E. Phoebe feeding a baby on our fence, Bluebirds still 
feeding  begging young around the yard, and the oriole pair , which should 
be feeding  young in the nest by now. Lots of high pitched begging calls from 
the bushes all  around the yard!
 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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