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["Cliff Otto" <317tcw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This morning at Occoquan:

Killdeer (in and around parking lot)
Solitary Sandpiper (in pool of water in field near parking lot)
Yellow Warblers
Prothonotary Warbler
Palm Warblers
White-throated Sparrows
Gray Catbird
Spotted Sandpipers
Bald Eagle
unidentified Accipter
Chimney Swifts
Tree Swallows
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
American Goldfinch
Fish Crow
Double-crested Cormorants
(I've undoubtedly forgotten some things and didn't recognize others).

Perhaps the most interesting thing occurred while I was walking back 
along Easy Road (Lane, whatever) to the parking lot. I heard a rail 
barking on the left-hand side, quite close, and as I was trying to spot 
it, another rail started barking on the other side, at a tempo about 50% 
faster. They were obviously the same species, and when I got home I 
listened to rail calls with Thayer's Birding Software.I'm convinced that 
they both were CLAPPER RAILS. There was no pattern to the calls, just a 
repetitive raspy bark.

A few pictures of other species can be seen at 
http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/occoquan

Cliff Otto
Alexandria



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