Greetings,

My daughter and I spent a few hours tromping around the woods at the Elk 
Neck State Park Campground yesterday (6/1). My main goal was to round up a 
few migrants that I had somehow missed up to this point, namely Acadian 
Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I was successful on 
the first two at the park. I also inadvertantly made a number of Atlas 
confirmations ATTN Parke john, I believe this is your block. (I email you 
later off list)...  They Breeders I found were: both Orioles, I Bunting, B. 
Thrasher, GC Flycatcher, Hairy WoodP, R-b WoodP, N Parula, and a few other 
more common birds.  We ended our trip to the park with 50 or so species 
including, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Wood thrush, White and Red-eyed vireo 
(LOADS of Red-eyeds!), Eastern Wood-pewee, Eastern Phoebe, ONLY ONE CATBIRD 
(this bird seems scarce this year!), House Wren, Chipping Sparrow, Pine 
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, blah, blah, blah...  Later, I finaly made 
good of the Cuckoo while trimming a fallen tree at my house around 6PM.  I 
had no sooner shut off the chainsaw when I immediantly heard the gutteral 
cluck of this beautiful neotrope!  I cant help but think of parrots when I 
see/hear this bird!  Only the third yard record too!

PS: on May 30 I had a lone Spotted Snadpiper on my Mother-in-laws beach 
(Hances Point, North East, MD)

Good Birding,
Chris Starling
North East, MD

one more thing.  Ticks are in bigtime at ENSP! I pulled one deer tick of my 
daughter as well as one off of me. I also had two spotted ticks on me too!