count

[barbara brooks <brooksba@mindspring.com>]

got home to find that someone who will remain nameless wimped out of the
rain but will give my pond report a * notes a new pond bird (no order)
Canada geese with babies!
mute swans :(
dc cormorant
wood ducks
titmouse, cardinals
Northern Shoveler*
solitary sp (2)*
spotted sp (3-4)*
western sandpiper 99% sure but count em as I worked hard and was getting soaked
killdeer
great blue heron
mallards, 
cliff, tree, n. roughwinged swallows
Male American redstart*
prairie warb, 
black and white warb* yellow rumps everwhere, white throated sp
northern parula* five feet in front of me singing
bluebird
E. phoebe singing and on nest
carolina wren
downy wp, red bellied wp
blue gray gnatcatcher
osprey with fish
chipping sp, song sp sitting and singing
one huge snapping turtle
crows mobbing something(osprey?), blue grosbeak, indigo bunting
RS towhee
oven bird
red eyed vireo
possible summer tanager (don't count)
common yellowthroat inspecting me and my get-up
red winged blackbirds 2 males fighting over the Mrs.
one turkey feather (don't arrest me)
and I think that is it.  I was glad for water proof optics and my NEOS
overshoes as it was wet and Poison Ivy almost wrapped me in a death grip in
many places.  Happy New Hope count day  Pond is in NE orange co barb brooks
brooksba@mindspring.com