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Today I was joined at the preserve by Jim and Louise Casto. They made the
trip up from "Wild Wonderful" West Virginia with the primary objective to see
some of the Prothonotary Warblers at the preserve. We didn't get started until
noon and birded for the better part of the afternoon. Usually this is the
quiet  part of the day, however someone forgot to tell the Prothonotary Warblers.
 Throughout the afternoon they treated Jim and Louise to a show. We had many
great looks including a male at Old Sunbury Road that landed right in front
of  us and acted like a competitor on American Idol. To add to his performance
he  was one of the males we banded in 2004. The location is within 100 feet of
where  he was initially banded. His back-up group was a pair of Yellow-billed
Cuckoos  whose territory appears to overlap his.

Some of the other species we observed during the afternoon  were Baltimore
Orioles, Wabling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Hairy Woodpeckers,  Osprey, Red-eyed
Vireos, Cedar Waxwings, Belted Kingfishers and Cliff  Swallows. For the latter
I stopped at a nesting location and we observed the  swallows as they flew
into the nesting areas directly under us. From an  advantage point above the
birds you get to really realize how colorful they  are.

Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)




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