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Dickcissels, Vesper Sparrows -- Dorchester/Caroline, 6/28

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John Hubbell

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John Hubbell

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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:36:22 -0400

I started the day by going for the Tyler Bell Trifecta in Delaware, and ended up with 2 out of 3 after dipping on the duck.  It took the spoonbill about 90 minutes to make an appearance, coming out of the marsh to the west of the Catch 54 Restaurant before settling in right behind the restaurant.  I spent a little more than an hour on the bridge, watching numerous terns, gulls, cormorants, egrets, and herons making the trip in and out of Maryland, but the spoonbill seemed happy to stay put, even when being crowded by a kayaker.

I then headed west back into Maryland to do some more border birding, this time between Dorchester and Caroline Counties.  I was hoping for Vesper Sparrow in Caroline and Dickcissel in Dorchester, so of course started out by getting the opposite.  In Dorchester, a Vesper Sparrow sang from a weedy field on the west side of Line Rd, just north of Woodpecker Rd.  I found 2 singing male Dickcissels in Caroline County on Bradley Rd, which runs north of 318 just west of Federalsburg.  I crossed back south of 318 in search of Dorchester Dickcissels, finding 2 singing males on Lovers Rd at the intersection with 318.  After some more back road driving in Caroline, I finally found a Vesper Sparrow on Nichols Rd.

Bird the borders.

John Hubbell
Washington DC