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Cromwell Valley Park & cicada killers

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Georgia McDonald

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Georgia McDonald

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Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:30:56 -0400

Took a long leisurely walk at CVP this am.  41 species of regular 
breeders.  The most interesting sighting was not a bird, but a mating 
frenzy of Cicada Killer wasps.
These were located in the mid-section of the western end of the Minebank 
trail, in a 30' stretch of sunny grass.  We estimated at least  
individuals.  Another person present said the wasps have been there all 
week.  I know cicada killers are not very aggressive, but we opted not 
to walk through that stretch of trail & went back whence we came.

Georgia McDonald            Towson, Balt Co,

Turkey vulture
Red -tailed hawk
Mourning dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney swift

Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Red-Belly wp
N. flicker
Pileated wp

Eastern Pewee
Great Crested flycatcher
E. Kingbird
White-eyed vireo
Red-eyed vireo

Blue jay
A. Crow
Tree swallow
Barn swallow
Carolina chickadee

Tufted titmouse
White-breasted nuthatch
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Eastern bluebird
Wood thrush

A. robin
Gray catbird
N. mockingbird
European starling
Scarlet tanager

E. towhee
Chipping sprarow
Field sparrow
Song sparrow
N. Cardinal

Indigo bunting
Common grackle
Cowbird
Baltimore oriole
House finch
A. goldfinch

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