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[BlkVulture@xxxxxxx]

Greetings,
About the only good thing that usually seems to result from weather like 
we've been having this week is that unusual waterbirds sometimes get dumped 
into 
unlikely, inland, bodies of water.  

I've checked a group of lakes in Fauquier most days this week, and haven't 
kicked up much of note.  There's two gorgeous Common Loons on one private 100 
acre lake, they arrived 1 April and were seen again today.  An adult basic 
Bonaparte's Gull was seen there today, and there's a Red-necked Grebe here as 
well, 
discovered 27 March.  

At Germantown Lake, another 100 acre body of water, there's only been a 
single Horned Grebe, and two adult Double-crested Cormorants.  

In the past some of these birds have hung around for days, usually the loons 
and grebes, whereas the sea ducks tend to take off again after it clears up.  
Still might be worth routing in a few ponds into tomorrow morning's rounds.  

Happy hunting,

Todd

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Todd Day
Jeffersonton, VA
Culpeper County
Blkvulture@xxxxxxx
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