I went mountain biking today on the orange trail at Cedarville State 
Park (it's turkey hunting season, so it's not yet safe to go on the blue 
trail except Sundays) and saw and heard an incredible number of 
warblers.  Three times  I got extremely close (naked eye) views of 
Ovenbirds.  I also had what *would* have been terrific views of a tiny, 
possibly grey warbler and a group of three brown somethingorothers, but 
since I don't ride with my binoculars (I crash too often), I cannot say 
for certain what they were other than that they were *absolutely* 
avifauna. ;D 

Prodigious numbers of singing warblers as well.  I definitely identified 
the songs of the Common Yellowthroat and the Cerulean Warbler, and I 
think I may have also heard the American Redstart and Prairie Warblers 
singing, but I won't swear to it.  At one point a Redtailed Hawk called 
repeatedly, and it was clearly a Redtail and not a Jay or other mimic.  
I know this not only because all the small brown somethingorothers fled 
for cover, but also because it sounded *exactly* like the call they 
always use on television when showing a Bald Eagle. ;D

Also plentiful views of Cardinals, turkey vultures, Tiger Swallowtail 
butterflies and whitetailed deer.

Finally, if anyone finds any blood on the trail, it's mine. 

Laura Appelbaum,
Cloverly, MD