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Lake Needwood, Sep 25, 2011

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Ron Johnson

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Ron Johnson

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:30:19 -0400

It was a banner day for mimids at Lake Needwood. I counted over forty
Catbirds, a dozen Brown Thrashers and seven Mockingbirds in the
thickets and fields around Needwood Mansion and the lake. The ripe
berries were attracting many birds, including a Rose-breasted
Grosbeak. Not much warbler activity though. Waterfowl on the lake are
increasing in number (8 Wood Duck, ~20 Mallard, and a possible
Pied-Bill Grebe) so the restored water levels post-dredging should
attract more ducks and waterfowl this year. The full ebird list is
below

Ron Johnson
Derwood, MD (Mont. County)

Lake Needwood, Montgomery, US-MD
Sep 25, 2011 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 5.0 mile(s)
36 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  300
Wood Duck  8
Mallard  20
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Chimney Swift  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  13
Downy Woodpecker  6
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  19
American Crow  10
Carolina Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  9
White-breasted Nuthatch  12
Carolina Wren  15
House Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  14
American Robin  20
Gray Catbird  42     there were lots of cat-birds in thickets
throughout the area. the count is accurate
Northern Mockingbird  7
Brown Thrasher  12     I saw 11 and heard the 12th by its call note.
there was one group of 4 in the shrubs by Needwood Mansion and pairs
or singles in thickets in the fields nearby or elsewhere by the lake
European Starling  5
American Redstart  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
warbler sp.  2     either pine or blackpoll
Chipping Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  16
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)

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