Hi all, 
I raced through Blue Mash this morning ahead of the ANS field trip there. A  
record time for me I think, as I usually wander very slowly. Anyway, the wind  
seemed to keep the birds to a minimum, though after my tally I counted more  
today than yesyerday. Birds were different though. Today I got Mallards, A.  
Black Duck and Wood Ducks on the big pond, yesterday only Green-winged Teals.  
Today I added a single Swamp Sparrow, and 3 Dark-eyed Juncos to my sparrow  
count, and Black-throated Green, N. Parula, and Eastern Palm Warblers to  
yesterdays Common Yellowthroat and Yellow-rumps (seen in good numbers today as  
well).
 
Also added today were my first Brown Creeper and Blue-headed Vireo of the  
season, as well as good numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets, and a few  
Ruby-crowned as well. I also saw a single Sharpie and Cooper's (the sharpie  stooped on 
the Coopers way up in the air) today but no other hawks. 
 
A Mourning Dove still sits on the nest we first discovered 2 weeks ago  today.
 
Have a nice week.

Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD