Howdy All! Did some July exploration on Wednesday, July 14, visiting Garrett sites at Backbone Mtn, Oakland area, Cranesville Swamp, Swallow Falls St Pk, New Germany St Pk, and Allegany sites including Rocky Gap St Pk and Fifteen-mile Creek Rd, and Frederick areas including Nolan's Ferry, Lilypons, & Oland Rd. Partly cloudy and cool in morning 60-75 F with spotty rain & fog. Much warmer in afternoon, 80-90 F and sunny. 87 total species: Great Blue Heron cranesville Green Heron smouse fly-by Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mallard rocky gap Cooper's Hawk maple glade-wet area Broad-winged Hawk swfalls Red-tailed Hawk lilypons American Kestrel Ruffed Grouse snaggy Wild Turkey gravel hill rd Killdeer Rock Dove Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo backbone Yellow-billed Cuckoo lilypons Chimney Swift twin churches rd Ruby-throated Hummingbird sanders ln fly-by Belted Kingfisher lilypons Red-bellied Woodpecker 15-mile creek rd Downy Woodpecker maple glade Hairy Woodpecker snaggy Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker swfalls camping Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher sanders ln - lilypons Eastern Kingbird park mills rd Blue-headed Vireo N end of snaggy-swfalls Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow lilypons Common Raven n end of snaggy-sw falls N. Rough-winged Swallow nolan's ferry - lilypons Cliff Swallow 1st red barn on chestnut ridge rd Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper n end of snaggy House Wren Winter Wren backbone at steepest incline Golden-crowned Kinglet swallow falls- swfalls / cheeks rd Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15-mile creek rd Eastern Bluebird Veery snaggy Hermit Thrush behind md motel on 50 / table rock rd Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird cranesville European Starling Cedar Waxwing Golden-winged Warbler n end of snaggy Northern Parula sw falls trail Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler backbone trailer Magnolia Warbler swfalls Black-throated Blue Warbler backbone-table rock/50-maple glade-swfalls Black-throated Green Warbler snaggy-backbone-maple glade-swfalls Blackburnian Warbler maple glade-s.f. campground Cerulean Warbler maple glade s.f. parking-0.4 American Redstart maple glade-swfalls Ovenbird backbone Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler snaggy-backbone-maple glade Canada Warbler backbone (near trailer) Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow backbone-cranesville Savannah Sparrow smouse-jasper riley Grasshopper Sparrow cranesville Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow snaggy-cranesville Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak cranesville Indigo Bunting Dickcissel oland rd Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow -- Greg Miller Baltimore, Maryland, USA Home- gregorym@erols.com WWW- http://www.erols.com/gregorym