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Birded the Blue Hill Trail of Sherburne yesterday. An Ovenbird and =
Redstart came into fleeting views. Chestnut-sided also singing. But I =
was after the sighting of the Hooded Warbler, which was singing mostly =
along the northern base of BlueHill and in the hollow up toward a meadow =
opening N-NE of the hill. But, it dropped down in the ferns on the =
north slope it and barely showed itself at the base of a tree, enough =
for an ID of the male bird as fleeting as it was, plus it sang out as it =
worked up the slope through the ferns. Deer flies are 3X worse than a =
few days ago. But, if I posted up in a spot, after a few minutes the =
swarm was mellowed to only a couple of buzzers. It was when I moved =
that the en masse came again. Here I thought they sight on one by the IR =
light spectrum, but I believe movement has much more to do with it. It =
was suggested that deer flies are territorial as one moves through =
"their" foliage. I can't really suppose this. They were nasty, yet I =
was successful on this lifer. (35 other species noted in this hour =
including road travel) mjb
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<DIV>Birded the Blue Hill Trail of Sherburne yesterday. An Ovenbird =
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Redstart came into fleeting views. Chestnut-sided also =
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I was after the sighting of the Hooded Warbler, which was singing mostly =
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the northern base of BlueHill and in the hollow up toward a meadow =
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of the hill. But, it dropped down in the ferns on the north slope =
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fleeting as it was, plus it sang out as it worked up the slope through =
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ferns. Deer flies are 3X worse than a few days ago. But, if =
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up in a spot, after a few minutes the swarm was mellowed to only a =
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buzzers. It was when I moved that the en masse came again. Here I =
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they sight on one by the IR light spectrum, but I believe =
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much more to do with it. It was suggested that deer flies are =
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as one moves through "their" foliage. I can't really suppose =
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