This morning I visited Morgan Run NEA, south section for a few hours. Most of the area I covered was open field, hedgerows, and wood edge. Thus the high number of catbirds. A partial list of birds:

Pewee  1 heard
Red-eyed Vireo  1
House Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  10
Catbird  35
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2, a male and an immature female
Myrtle Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Redstart  1
Yellowthroat  9
Field Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  3
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  6
Blue Grosbeak  4, one with a big fat praying mantis
Indigo Bunting  6

   This evening I checked the waterbirds at Piney Run Park at the west end of the lake only:

Canada Goose  17
Baldpate  5
Black Duck  11
Mallard  30
Green-winged Teal  3
Bufflehead  1 male, has been here since May
Ruddy Duck  3, arrival
Great Blue Heron  1
Killdeer  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD