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Lots today at Wheaton Park/Brookside

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Gail Mackiernan

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Gail Mackiernan

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:37:10 -0400

Only had a couple of hours this AM as have to be in Warrenton by noontime
for an appointment, but lots of birds and we probably only scraped the
surface. Best bird the continuing (apparently, it's always in the same
place) YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in Brookside Gardens near the Viburnum
collection and a MARSH WREN at the south end of Pine Lake in the reeds.
Still good numbers of catbirds, robins and flickers. Several small warbler
flocks as well.

Birds of Interest:

Osprey - 1 (OH)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (getting late)
Eastern Phoebe - 5
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 1 (in Viburnums and then flew to Fragrance
Garden)
Brown Thrasher - 1-2
Gray Catbird - 40+
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 (this one was alive!)
Wood Thrush - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 4
WHITE-EYED VIREO - 2 (dark-eyed juvies travelling together)
MARSH WREN - 1
House Wren - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Black-and-White Warbler - 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 FOS
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler - 4
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Parula - 5
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1 juvenile
Common Yellowthroat - 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
SWAMP SPARROW - 2 FOS

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD