Hi folks,

I was delighted to see Leslie's note about a Blue-winged Warbler at 
Cromwell, because we had one in our yard on Sunday, 10/18.  I thought it to 
be extremely late for this species, but the Yellow Book shows a late date of 
26 Oct.

Also of note is that I birded Swan Creek with Ed Carlson yesterday afternoon 
(Dan Haas was also there briefly) and our best find was two WHITE-RUMPED 
SANDPIPERs in the north dredge cell as we were leaving (they weren't there 
when we arrived).

Stan Arnold
Ferndale (AA Co.)





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Starr" <>
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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:17 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cromwell - Blue-winged Warbler & winter arrivals


I had low expectations with my late (10:30am) arrival at Cromwell Valley 
Park today, but I saw many nice birds, including a surprise BLUE-WINGED 
WARBLER, which posed nearby for an unmistakable ID, at least 6 WINTER WRENS, 
5 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO, and 2 immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS.