I spent some time exploring an outlying fragment of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Taylors Island Wildlife Management Area this afternoon, along Smithville Road south of MD#16 (southwest of Cambridge).  

The Blackwater NWR section was called Parsons Creek Neck, Area-S.  It was a wet pine forest.  I flushed American Woodcocks (AMWOs) 3 times, 2 singles and a double (pair?).  The wing twitter was quite loud.  Also had 2 Bald Eagles and 2 Brown-headed Nuthatches nearby - nice, but not special here.

At Taylors Island WMA, one more AMWO and a Winter Wren were the best birds.  Needed boots here.

Bill Ellis
Eldersburg, MD
billellis at ellislist dot com