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[SteveYoung@xxxxxxx]

Call me crazy, but at 2:10 PM today while I was working on invasive plant 
control near the Long Branch Nature Center building, I heard a familiar song. 
It 
took me a moment to process "Wood Thrush - not supposed to be happening" and 
then I heard one more repetition, this coming from somewhere behind the center 
building, not terribly far away. By that point I was fully tuned in and waited 
expectantly for more song so I could feel 100% confident in the ID - but no 
more song came. So OK, the song was perfect Wood Thrush the way I heard it, but 
I'd only say I'm 85% confident. Maybe somebody was walking in the park and 
had a Wood Thrush ringtone on the cellphone ;-) .
 
Yesterday and today the Eastern Phoebes were calling in the vicinity, and 
yesterday the Red-shouldered hawks put up a tremendous racket around 
mid-afternoon. Now the crows seem to be zeroing in and actively harrassing the 
hawks.
 
Cheers,
 
    Steve Young
    Glencarlyn, Arlington


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