Hi Everybody,

I finally recovered from the Sunday Big Day and took a morning walk today after we noticed some migrant warblers in the back yard. We had 57 species in our neighborhood today including 11 warbler species. Among the warblers were a yard-first Kentucky Warbler, and a Louisiana Waterthrush that has a territory on the brook in the woods out back. I had two chats song-dueling from high perches at the local meadow plus a satiny ultramarine Blue Grosbeak. I finished up my walk at a hidden pond off Clarissa Road that sports a thick fringe of reeds and managed to hear the subtle repetitive "tuc-tuc-tuc" of a LEAST BITTERN over the cacaphony of bullfrogs and green frogs in the pond. Spring is overwhelming to the senses what with bright flowers, singing birds, and the scent of lilacs and autumn olive in the air.

Good Birding,
 
Walter Ellison

23460 Clarissa Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
phone: 410-778-9568
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"A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. White (in "Stuart Little")

"Are there *ever* enough birds?" - Connie Hagar as quoted by Edwin Way Teale in "Wandering through Winter"