Wednesday, October 13 The kinglets and creepers have invaded Flag Ponds! Highlights today (of the 35 species seen): Green Heron - 3 Bald Eagle - 2 American Golden Plover - 1 Wood Duck - 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 17 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 20 Brown Creeper - 7 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler - >30 Swamp Sparrow - 1 One lone Monarch and a few buckeyes were the only butterflies observed. The trails are still closed while the staff awaits commercial tree-cutters to clear the really big trees from the trails. ////// Arlene Ripley | || Calvert County, MD | 0 || aripley@nestbox.com | || http://www.nestbox.com ||