Paul Woodford and I were the only people foolhardy enough to show up for  the 
Saturday walk around Mt. Pleasant.  Not surprisingly, given the steady  rain 
falling from a somber gray sky,  very few birds were in  evidence.  We walked 
down to the Davis Branch, up the East Branch, back to  the Gudelski Center and 
called it a day after an hour.
 
The Davis Branch was in spate and sheets of water lay everywhere in the  
fields.  
 
Species noted:
 
Mourning doves - 5
Blue jays - several
N. mockingbirds (3)
Gray catbird -1
E. bluebirds (ca. 4)
N. cardinalls - several
E. phoebe - 1
House finch -1
Goldfinches - several
 
probables:
song sparrow 1
golden-crowned kinglet (heard in larches near farmhouse)
chipping sparrows (heard near same)
 
Inspected the white-eyed vireo's nest in which I saw the male feeding young  
earlier in the year (an Atlas confirmation).  It is 4 ft up, at the  tip a 
branch from a dogwood.
 
Many deer seen.
 
Robin Todd
Ellicott City