Hi all,
In Ashton at the pond this morning, while out with the dog, I saw what I'm  
certain was a 1st yr LEAST FLYCATCHER alternatley perching and  flying out  for 
insects in a medium sized  tree in the corner of the property. Moments  
earlier I was watching a pair of gnatcatchers, and that's what I thought this  bird 
was. It was tiny, almost gnatcatcher sized with a tiny bill, and buff  
colored wing bars. I looked in a past issue of MD Birdlife, and there was one  
banded by Paul Woodward at Hughes Hollow in 1999 on July 27, so it is not a  record 
early bird, but stilll pretty early Didn't see it this afternoon. 
 
Rick Sussman 
Ashton,MD