Seven hours of VERY MUDDY trails along the Big Gunpowder Falls River in
Kingsville rewarded two stalwart Atlasers with:

-a pair of RED-EYED VIREOS

-a BROAD-WINGED HAWK,  a first in any of my atlas blocks.

-a fledgling LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH with parent in attendance.

-a fledgling OVENBIRD w/parent in attendance.

-a pair of ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS flycatching, until eventually they showed
  us the nest and the female settled in.

-a pair of OSPREY flying up and down the river, carrying nesting
   material towards the west.  Is anyone aware of an Osprey nest site on
   the Big Gunpowder?  This river basically flows east from the Loch
   Raven Dam and passes through parts of the southern edge of the
   Kingsville block, (officially Block 0754  White Marsh CE), so the
   nest should be somewhere between Rt 95 and Loch Raven.


-and Wonder of Wonders:
    a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD ----ON NEST!!!  Way Cool!!!!  :>


We decided to finish up by swinging up to Elkton for the McCandless
Kites and were rewarded with a great, close-overhead view of a
Mississippi Kite!


Good Birding To All And To All a Good Night
Georgia & Dan McDonald
Towson, Baltimore Co