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["Andy Rabin" <andyrabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For some reason it didn't rain this morning (Sunday, 6/8), so I headed up to 
Loudoun County Parkway and the Lucketts area. Favorite sightings were:
* Northern Bobwhite - saw him running along 661 just north of Hibler Road. 
After about 30 seconds of waddling, he left the road and started singing.

* Vesper Sparrow - one was singing on Hibler road, just over the crest of the 
first hill. It was on a small "island" of shrubs on the left side of the road.

* Blue Grosbeak - near the end of Hibler Road, near a small tractor shed on the 
right side of the road. He didn't sing, but perched on the telephone wire long 
enough for a nice look.

* Horned Lark - heard one singing (didn't see it) on the east side of Loudoun 
County Parkway, just up the hill from the one-lane bridge.

Both of these areas had Kestrels, Eastern Meadowlarks, Grasshopper Sparrows and 
Willow Flycatchers. 

By the way, I read in Claudia Wilds' book that Lucketts is a good location for 
Upland Sandpipers. Have they been seen there in recent years, or is this just 
another one of those, "You should have been here back in '94..." stories? 

Andy Rabin
Reston, VA
andyrabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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