Blue Mash Nature Trail, Zion Road, Montgomery County, 20 Mar 05,
1530-1700 

With the onset of warmer weather some apres-work birding was called for
today.  What a difference a day of warm weather makes - skunk cabbage
unfurling, insects swarming, turtles basking, and spring peepers peeping.
27 species noted to include:

Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose (pairs)
Am. Wigeon
Am. Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe (flushed in woods)
Mourning Dove 
N. Flicker 
Blue Jay
Golden-crowned Kinglet (small group foraging)
E. Bluebird (singing on nest box #9)
Am. Robin 
N. Mockingbird
E. Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
N. Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch (female with eye disease)

Tom Marko
Olney, MD