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March 8, 2003 - Jericho & Washington Ditches, Dismal Swamp, 35/65 F, Sunny

2 Otters swam by us - Jericho Ditch
Tracks & Signs

    

  1.  American Black Bear - scat 

  2.  Dog - tracks

  3.  Eastern Mole - burrow

  4.  Otter slides 

  5.  Otter - back & forth road, diving into water each time (seen on 3/13/03)

  6.  Racoon - tracks 

  7.  White-Tailed Deer - tracks


Amphibians & Reptiles

    

  1.  Eastern Painted Turtles

  2.  Spring Peepers

  3.  Several other species of frogs calling]





Plants

    

  1.  Tulip Trees - Liriodendron tulipifera - persistant flowers - 2 " 

  2.  Red Mapel - Acer rubrum


Birds

    

  1.  American Crow

  2.  American Kestrel

  3.  American Robin

  4.  Bald Eagle - Immature (seen on 3/13/03)

  5.  Belted Kingfisher (seen on 3/13/03)

  6.  Black Vulture

  7.  Blue Jay

  8.  Carolina Chickadee

  9.  Carolina Wren

  10.  Catbird

  11.  Common Flicker (seen on 3/13/03)

  12.  Common Grackle

  13.  Common Yellowthroat (seen on 3/13/03)

  14.  Dark-Eyed Juncto (seen on 3/13/03)

  15.  Downy Woodpecker (seen on 3/13/03)

  16.  European Starling

  17.  Gray Catbird

  18.  Great Horned Owl (seen on 3/13/03)

  19.  Hermit Thrush 

  20.  Mallard (seen on 3/13/03)

  21.  Mourning Dove (seen on 3/13/03)

  22.  Piliated Woodpecker

  23.  Pine Warbler

  24.  Red-Bellied Woodpecker

  25.  Red-Shouldered Hawk 

  26.  Rufous-Sided Towhee

  27.  Tufted Titmouse

  28.  Turkey Vulture

  29.  White-Breasted Nuthatch

  30.  White-Throated Sparrow

  31.  White-Eyed Vireo (seen on 3/13/03)

  32.  Wood Duck (seen on 3/13/03)

  33.  Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (seen on 3/13/03 along Hadnell Ditch)

  34.  Yellow-Rumped (Myrtle) Warbler (seen on 3/13/03)

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