I watched a bright male Townsend's Warbler between 10:45 and 11:30 on Friday, 
March 10. It was at Sycamore Landing in Montgomery Co. From River Road, 
(south of Poolsville or west of Potomac) turn south on Sycamore Landing Road, which 
is signed. Follow the gravel road to its end at the parking lot by the 
towpath. Walk upstream about 1/3 mile to the point where you can see the start of 
the turf farm on your right. Across the canal, (has water now) there is a strip 
of woods, with vine tangles and multiflora. There is a large white boundary 
stake. The bird was always within about 100 yards of this stake, up and down 
river. It especially liked to feed low in the vine tangles, but sometimes moved 
high into the trees, especially along the large limbs. Behavior just as at 
Frederick in January. It usually worked alone, but there were lots of birds 
around: a bright male Pine Warbler, Myrtles, Kinglets, Robins, Creepers, Rusty 
Blackbirds, etc.

I could see no obvious differences from the Frederick bird. Photos at

http://odolep.com/midatlantic%20birds/TownsendsWarbler3.jpg


http://odolep.com/midatlantic%20birds/TownsendsWarbler2.jpg


Matt Haffner and Dave Powell got there about noon, and we searched without 
luck until 2PM. Activity had slowed down in the heat. 

You can have nearer views of the thicket where it spent most of its time by 
walking up the cornfield from the parking lot to the start of the turf farm. 
You will be closer to the spot, but if it is sunny the light will be bad. 
Farther to the north are several excellent hedgerows, all dense and hard to search.

Dave Czaplak