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March in Maryland. Last updated: 3/26/2009.
Above and below: A first-winter male Harris's Sparrow in Howard Co., Maryland (3/21/2009). This is the first sighting of the species in Maryland since March 2003. Thanks to Ken Clark for finding and sharing this great bird! Accepted by MD/DCRC as MD/2008-051.
We were excited to first detect the Harris's Sparrow by song. Ron Gutberlet picked it out in the distance in this cedar.
Below: Fairmount WMA, Somerset Co., Maryland.
Below: Two American Oystercatchers at the end of Rumbley Road in Somerset Co., Maryland (3/22/2009). Although regular on Smith Island, American Oystercatchers are a rare sighting on mainland Somerset.
Below three: A migrant Fox Sparrow visits our yard in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/7/2009).
Below two: Male and female Brown-headed Cowbirds join the blackbird flock raiding our feeders (3/7/2009).
Below two: Red-winged Blackbirds in our yard in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/7/2009).
Below: A female Northern Cardinal arrives for brunch (Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, 3/7/2009).
Below: A male House Sparrow in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/7/2009).
Below: The killer Muscovy Duck that attacked Matt Hafner at the Choptank Marina in Caroline Co., Maryland (2/21/2009).
