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Chestnut-sided Warbler

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Fred Shaffer

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Fred Shaffer

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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:12:00 -0400

My lunchtime walk around Schoolhouse Pond was highlighted by a bright first fall Chestnut-sided Warbler feeding low in the trees near the rear observation platform.  Also present in this area were two American Redstarts, a number of Chickadees, a Red-eyed Vireo, and several unidentified warbler-sized birds high in the tree canopy.  Also of interest was a fast moving flock of 14 flyover yellowlegs.  I believe that they were Lesser Yellowlegs, but I never heard the birds vocalize.  They were moving fast in a tight group heading towards the northwest (in the general direction of Western Branch and the landfill).   A Traill's Flycatcher was perched on a prominent high snag along the rear of the pond, but this bird did not vocalize either.

Fred Shaffer
Patuxent MOS