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busy yard bird weekend, frederick

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Andy Wilson

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Andy Wilson

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Sun, 3 Oct 2010 18:38:31 -0400

Didn't get beyond the immediate vicinity of my house this weekend but had a
nice selection of birds and 63 species in total, highlights were:
 
Northern Shoveler, 1 
Blue-winged Teal, 3
Green-winged Teal, 4
Canada Geese, several high flying skeins
Bald Eagle, 2 immatures headed south together, irregular here
handful of migrating kestrels, sharp-shinned, cooper's and broad-winged hawks
Yellow-belled Sapsucker, 1
Chimney Swift, still plentiful
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 (on 2nd)
Common Nighthawk, 1 (on 2nd)
Eastern Wood-Pewee, 2 (on 3rd)
Red-eyed Vireo, 2
Common Raven, 1 (somewhat regular)
Tree & Northern Rough-winged Swallows, several small flocks
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 (FOS)
Palm Warbler, 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 6
Black-throated Green Warbler, 2
Blackpoll Warbler, 1
Black-and-white Warbler, 1 (yard bird # 111*)
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 (yard bird # 112)
Scarlet Tanager, 1
White-throated Sparrow, 1 (FOS)
Indigo Bunting, 4
 
(*I say yard bird, but my plot is 0.15 of an acre, most birds outside that but
seen my deck)

Andy Wilson,
Frederick