Warren,
   Can you identify where you saw the Blue-headed Vireos and Blue Grosbeak.  They would be significant Atlas records for that part of the state.

> From: Warren Strobel <>
> Date: 2004/07/06 Tue PM 02:34:25 EDT
> To: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] A.T. report 7/4/2004
>
>         Saw several interesting birds on the 4th of July as we hiked a portion of
> the Appalachian Trail in Frederick and Washington counties, MD. We were
> trying to get some miles hiked, birding only on the side, so this doesn't
> cover nearly all of the species that might have been around. All of those
> seen, except Red-Tail, were either with young, in pairs, or acting as if
> they were guarding a nearby nest:
>
>         BLUE-HEADED VIREO - adult, with young.
>         SCARLET TANAGER - pair
>         WOOD THRUSH - single
>         BLUE GROSBEAK - single
>         EASTERN WOOD PEEWEE - heard
>         RED-TAILED HAWK

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD