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I started out today with plans to make a jaunt into my breeding bird square. Looking at how cool it was I decided to change my plans. I made the decision to go trout fishing instead and went to Rhodes Corner. The lake was picture perfect calm and was loaded with insects. On the way in I could hear yellow-rumped warblers, ruby-crowned kinglets, red-breasted nuthatches and various other species. I thought good, maybe I'll get to see a palm warbler or two. Boy was I surprised, as I reached the lake edge and looked at the vegetation and trees along the side. This growth was alive with warblers and when I was walking along the road beside the lake warblers were hopping out of the way everywhere that I looked and taking to the low vegetation. I did not have my binoculars, but those that I saw with clarity I tried to count. Those that I saw were comprised of 45 palm warblers and 30 yellow-rumped warblers. Also with the group were about four black-capped chickadees, seven golden-crowned kinglets, at least three ruby-crowned kinglets (probably more, but I only counted what I heard vocalizing). I saw one clearly to. There were also red-breasted nuthatches, a downy woodpecker, three tree swallows, four ring-necked ducks, two mallards, a red-winged blackbird, common grackles, a northern flicker vocalizing, a common snipe winnowing, American crows, a common raven, white-throated sparrows, American robins, and I heard evening grosbeaks. I think that I spent as much time watching birds as I did fishing. I forgot to mention that about a week ago I heard and observed an American robin immitating the call of a dark-eyed junco. I have no idea what that was about or have never heard of a robin immitating other birds before. Other birds of interest today were ospreys back at most locations now where one would expect to see them. A greater yellowlegs at Bayport and two at Conrad's Island Beach, Lower Rose Bay. James R. Hirtle Dublin Shore _________________________________________________________________ Win a webcam! Nominate your friend’s Windows Live Space in the Windows Live Spaces Sweetest Space Contest and you both could win! http://www.microsoft.com/canada/home/contests/sweetestspace/default.aspx
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