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Paint Branch Trail, College Park - 20Apr2010

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Ryan Farrell

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Ryan Farrell

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Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:21:55 -0400

A few interesting sightings this morning and of late.

Highlights today/yesterday include:
4 Killdeer (2 adults, 2 babies... golf course pond, ask me if you'd like to know more specifically where to find them)
4 (more like 25) Rusty Blackbirds (swamp)
WARBLING VIREO (seen, heard, have audio recordings)
FOY Brown Thrasher, N. Parula (finally)

Last couple of weeks:
Bald Eagles (3 sightings over last couple weeks: 4 adults circling high over UMD Campus on 4/15, adult on the trail 4/12, immature on 4/8)

If anyone would like more details, email me offline.

Good Birding!

Ryan Farrell
College Park, MD




Location:     Paint Branch Trail
Observation date:     4/20/10
Number of species:     35

Canada Goose     14
Mallard     2
Green Heron     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     1
Killdeer     4
Rock Pigeon     3
Mourning Dove     5
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Blue-headed Vireo     1
WARBLING VIREO     1     One, possibly two.  Followed around listening, gave up when couldn't spot it.  Moved a few hundred yards away and then heard again, saw as well.  Probably same bird on the move.  Have audio recordings.
Blue Jay     9
American Crow     1
Tree Swallow     1
Barn Swallow     1
Carolina Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     10
American Robin     6
Northern Mockingbird     3
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     1
Northern Parula     1
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     9
Northern Cardinal     17
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Rusty Blackbird     4     Probably saw more like 25-30, but most of them were in flight (3 small flocks).  Saw these ones reasonably well and many of them were calling/singing.  Last night around 7pm, I saw (and got photos/video) of a bunch (~25) of blackbirds in two neighboring trees with the only calls being from rusties, didn't have binoculars though.
Common Grackle     5
Brown-headed Cowbird     4
American Goldfinch     5

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