Hi all, 
What if they gave a fiield trip and nobody came? Well I had the chance to  
find out this morning, as I was the only person on my Montgomery Bird Club walk  
at Meadowside Nature Center. Alas, too bad. When Meadowside is good, it's  
usually very good, and the place was really hopping this morning. A friend  
joined me late, and we did see some good stuff (Blue-winged Warbler,  
Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black&White, A. Redstart, Common  Yellowthroat, 
and Canada Warbler and lots of empids!). My best sighting was  a great look at a 
lone RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH which I was the only one to see,  even though 
another fella had joined us briefly to sort through all the flitting  warblers. It 
disappeared before my friend or the stranger could find it, and  couldn't be 
relocated. 
 
Other good finds included a pair of Yellow-throated Vireos, many Baltimore  
Orioles, Bay-breasted Warbler, Northern Parulas, Black-throated Green Warblers, 
 plus all 3 mimids, Downy, red-bellied N. Flicker and Pileated Woodpeckers, 
and  Yellow-billed Cuckoos. Just a very pleasant morning to be in the woods, 
lots of  beautiful sunshine with low humidity and no insects. 50 species seen.
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD