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[Brenda Tekin <bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Drove down to Great Dismal Swamp today and in addition to birds reported by 
Kurt Schroeder,   I observed the following along Jericho Ditch.

Louisianna Waterthrush - 1
Hermit Thrush - 5
Veery
White-throated Sparrow - 1
(All of the above were in a loose group feeding along the road between the 
main highway and BEORE reaching a large outdoor kennel housing hunting dogs).

Cooper's Hawk - adult male
Prairie Warbler -  singing on territory
Great-crested Flycatcher

A quick stop to check the waterway at the Virginia Marine Science Museum (I 
think that's the correct name) along General Booth Blvd. in Virginia Beach 
yielded three Red-throated Loons, still in winter plumage.  They were a 
good distance away, close to the far shore but I managed to digiscope  two 
of them.


Brenda Tekin
Charlottesville, VA

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