While peering out my kitchen window after lunch today (7/16) I was amazed to
see a male Prothonotary Warbler in the Dogwood just 12 feet away.   Amazed
because we have been living in this house for 34 years, and this was the first
Prothonotary I have seen in the yard (# 163).   That makes two yard warblers in
seven months, the last being Orange-crowned on 12/27/03.   Let's see, that
leaves only Swainson's (forget it) and Connecticut that I could possibly add to
the 35 already on the list.   (Of course, you could always draw Kirtland's from
the "Dream On" list.)

Stay tuned,

Paul J. O'Brien
Rockville, Mont. Co., MD