On my daily walk around the Sewell's Orchard pond (Columbia) this evening, I heard a Yellow Warbler, so I stopped to see if I could find him.  As I moved in close to the tree was in, a Carolina Wren appeared on the branch just above my head and started to strut down very aggressively right at me -- his head down, looking right into my face, he stopped less than 3 feet from my shoulder.  He stood and glared at me for a few seconds, then flew off to another nearby tree.  Then within seconds, he was back -- coming at me again. 

Of course, it was obvious to me by then that I was near his nesting site and he was trying to entice me into following him elsewhere.  And not wanting to upset him anymore I moved on.  But I was tempted to stay and play with him some more -- it was SO CUTE!  And very brave of him, I must say.

I never spotted the Yellow Warbler, but he continued to sing very loudly.  

I also noticed that our resident Canada Geese now have 3 babies.  They are pretty big, not recent hatchlings, but this is the first time I have seen them with their parents (whom I see every night).

Jenny McClintock
Columbia, MD

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