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Rusty Blackbird at Aspen Hill/No Conn warbler

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diane Ford

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diane Ford

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Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:25:18 -0700

Hi all,
 
  I started off the morning at Wheaton Regional hoping the Conn Warbler would stick around; it wasn't seen by myself and several birders. Did get the Red breasted Nuthatch by the dog run. Black throated Blue Warblers put on quite a  show, they were everywhere!
 
Later, I went over to Aspen Hill to see what was around there.  I mostly birded off trail in a place I call "the slough' because it is almost always wet and swampy. Found a small flock of 5 Hermit Thrushes foraging in the beech tree woods, and a Rusty Blackbird in the swampy area.
Here is a list of other species observed and/or heard:
Rusty Blackbird  1
Hermit Thrush  5
Yellow rumped Warbler- many
Brown Creeper  2
Yellow bellied Sapsucker  1
Black throated Blue Warbler  4
Chesnut sided Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal
Downy wp
Hairy wp  1
White brstd Nuthatch 2
Eastern Phoebe  3
RC Kinglet   several
GC Kinglet  10-12
White throated Sparrow   10
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Indigo Bunting  1
Winter Wren   3
Carolina Wren 4
Rufous sided Towhee  3
Blue headed Vireo   2
Wood Duck  2

D.Ford/Bethesda, Md