Hi all,
 The scheduled Blue Mash field trip this morning went ahead as usual,  with 6 
participants plus myself.  Lots of liquid sunshine!
 
We had about 32 species, with best finds being 3 swallow species (Tree, N.  
Rough-winged and Barn), a flyby GREAT EGRET, 2 (yellow) Palm Warblers, one  
singing, ducks including Green-winged Teal, A. Black, Mallard, Ring-necked, and  
Bufflehead. We searched the wet woods for Rusty Blackbirds, finding none, but 
as  we exited the area, a small group of 7 landed in a big tree. Singing Fox  
Sparrows were seen and heard. 
 
After breaking up early, 4 of us headed up to Triadelphia Reservoir and the  
Greenbridge fire road (we obviously weren't wet enough!), where we had 3  
Red-breasted Mergansers (I saw the same 3 earlier this week, a male and 2  
females), and a small group of Common Mergs flew in. The eagles nest was not  visible 
in the gloom. The Red-necked Grebe I saw earlier in the week was not  seen 
either.
 
This trip would have been postponed until Sunday except we had a visiting  
birder from Wisconsin, and he couldn't stay for Sunday. I don't think we  
impressed him though, except for our heavy volume of rains, which was impressive  
even to me...
 
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD