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Prince George's Co., 4/8

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Bill Hubick

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Bill Hubick

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Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:04:07 -0700

Hi Everyone,

Although I couldn't sneak out of work quite as early as I'd hoped, I still managed to squeeze in a healthy dose of P.G. birding before dark. The rain started just as I was driving away from Selby's Landing on Jug Bay. 

Fran Uhler Natural Area

Canada Goose--5
Wood Duck--2
Great Blue Heron--1
Red-shouldered Hawk--1
Downy Woodpecker--1
Hairy Woodpecker--1
Pileated Woodpecker--2
Blue Jay--1
American Crow--1
Fish Crow--1
Carolina Chickadee--5
White-breasted Nuthatch--1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--6
Eastern Bluebird--1
American Robin--2
Northern Mockingbird--1
Pine Warbler--3
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH--2
Eastern Towhee--1
White-throated Sparrow--2
Northern Cardinal--3
Common Grackle--5
Brown-headed Cowbird--1
American Goldfinch--2
Non-avian: Tiger Swallowtail (1), Zebra Swallowtail (3), FALCATE ORANGETIP (12), Blue Corporal (30), Common Snapping Turtle, Red-bellied Turtle (2), Spring Peepers, Northern Cricket Frogs, Cope's Gray Treefrog. Skunk Cabbage large and extensive. Virginia Bluebells on the AA side.

Patuxent River--Selby's Landing (late afternoon river watch)
* species seen in P.G. and AA counties except where noted

Canada Goose--17
Wood Duck--8
Blue-winged Teal--7
Green-winged Teal (American)--16
Great Blue Heron--1
Bald Eagle--1 (AA)
Osprey--3
Killdeer--1
Greater Yellowlegs--9. Flying together as a flock
Lesser Yellowlegs--1 (AA)
Laughing Gull--10
Caspian Tern--1
Tree Swallow--4
PURPLE MARTIN--4 (AA)
(all land birds below in P.G. only)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--2 
American Robin--3 
Brown Thrasher--1 
NORTHERN PARULA--1 
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER--1 
Pine Warbler--2 
Eastern Towhee--2 
Chipping Sparrow--8 
Song Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--2
Northern Cardinal--2
Red-winged Blackbird--15
American Goldfinch--1

Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com