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Ft. Bayard Park 5/6--BB Cuckoo

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Jason Waanders

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Jason Waanders

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Sat, 6 May 2006 08:47:01 -0400

Only had time for a Ft. Bayard run this morning, but the string of good birds there continued today with a park-first BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO.  It sat still long enough for me to get a nice look at its head and bill before slinking off.  Other good birds today:

Chestnut-sided Warbler (singing)
Red-eyed Vireo (singing) but no Blue-headed
Scarlet Tanager (2 males)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (only heard the call note)
Baltimore Oriole (3)

I had 3 Yellow-rumps but the rest of the warblers were gone.  Chipping Sparrows may have been absent today, though I did have 2 White-throats.  Finally, I also had a briefly-seen vireo that might have been a Warbling, but I can't rule out that it was another drab Red-eyed.

Jason Waanders
NW DC
jwaandersATstarpower.net