Hi all,

I birded Mattaponi Creek area late this morning, there were lots of
sparrows around in the field, but not too much else.  The best bird
was a BICKNELL'S THRUSH.  I heard it giving its classic flight call in
the woods south of the corn field multiple times, it was calling
constantly at first but trailed off to a sporadic pace towards the
end.

And a bit off topic of birds, for those interested, I have posted some
pictures of a new work mammal from Frostburg, MD.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/


Location:     Merkle WMA--Mattaponi Creek area
Observation date:     10/3/09
Number of species:     43

Canada Goose     85
Wood Duck     6
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     1
Turkey Vulture     2
Bald Eagle     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     3
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     4
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     2
Acadian Flycatcher     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
White-eyed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Blue Jay     11
Carolina Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     3
House Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     7
Bicknell's Thrush     1
Wood Thrush     3
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     2
Cedar Waxwing     6
Common Yellowthroat     1
Scarlet Tanager     1
Chipping Sparrow     13
Savannah Sparrow     6
Song Sparrow     3
Swamp Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     3
Indigo Bunting     4
Red-winged Blackbird     20
American Goldfinch     15
House Sparrow     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
Croom, MD