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No Cassin's Sparrow, 9/29

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James Tyler Bell

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James Tyler Bell

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Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:49:31 -0700

Marty Cribb and Patty Craig arrived at Pt. Lookout before 7 am. Jane Kostenko 
and I arrived at 7:30. Dave Powell and Jim Green were also there as well as 
another fellow who I've already forgotten his name (Duval?). Dave persuaded one 
of the park folks to open the gates for about 15 minutes and we tromped through 
the grasses and only managed to flush out one passerine, probably a Common 
Yellowthroat. After making several passes around the buildings, we left and 
locked up. Winger West and Dave Brenneman arrived afterward. Carol Broderick and 
Mike Walsh arrived around 9ish. It started raining around 10:30 and we all threw 
in the towel around 11:30 when it showed no sign of letting up. By then water 
was running down into my boots and just walking the 100 feet back to the car, 
the front of my pants got soaked. No self-respecting sparrow would have been 
doing anything in that.

A few interesting birds while we waited were a Merlin, two Glossy Ibis, dozens 
of Brown Pelicans, one Tree Swallow (which we joked was really a Violet-green 
Swallow) and a flock of shorebirds that included both Yellowlegs and about 2 
dozen peeps.


BTW, the water level Thursday is expected to be one to two feet higher and the 
rocks on the Bay side were already almost submerged. That and the forecasted 
2-4, and possibly 5, inches of rain through tomorrow afternoon, ought the 
dissuade any birders from trying. It's possible that they'll close the park as 
this is standard operating procedure lately.
 
Tyler Bell

California, Maryland