Yesterday, 9/29, Cody Vaughan, a sharp-eyed
junior here at Flint Hill, came to me before
school excitedly describing a weird wren with a
striped back and very short tail outside the
library. I got very excited since the sedge wren
has managed to elude me for 40 years of birding.
When Cody, Alex Robbins, and I managed to track
it down in the courtyard full of shrubs and
ornamental grasses, it turned out to be a marsh
wren, still very exciting for this habitat, and a
new bird for the campus list.
I was blessed, on this delicious morning, to
spend two hours outside with my classes on campus
and at the adjacent Oak Marr Park. Winter Wren
and Red-breasted Nuthatches were there today (but
not yesterday). Also had flocks of blue jays
flying over and scattered unidentified warbler
chips.
Yesterday we saw a rose-breasted grosbeak, and
also a coopers hawk chasing cowbirds.
Wednesday the first yellow-rumped warbler of the
season stopped by.
All the best
Fred
Frederick D. Atwood fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
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