I visited the ANS bookstore at Woodend, Chevy Chase, MD, this 
morning, to get some bird seed and to buy the new Michael O'Brien 
shorebird book (I was stymied on the latter score, as the shop had 
sold all of its initial supply, and I had to join the wait list).

Even though the migration is on only fitfully, I decided to take a 
walk in the vicinity of Woodend, specifically on the paved trail that 
leads south, and then on the narrow path that leads upstream (north) 
on Rock Creek along the river's east bank.  Only warblers heard/seen 
were a couple of Parulas, 2 Black-throated Green, and a Northern 
Waterthrush.  I also heard a Red-eyed Vireo and saw one.

At a point on Rock Creek I'd gage to be not much more than a 
half-mile inside the beltway there was a single YELLOW-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERON (an adult) perched on a fallen tree.  I watched it at 
length, and it did not flush even when I walked quite close.   It was 
not there when I returned downstream 20 minutes later, probably 
flushed by a walker with an unleashed and soaking wet dog that I 
passed a few minutes earlier.

I did not see a second night-heron, but it would be good to think 
that we have yet another pair of night-herons nesting inside the 
beltway.  Whoever has this area as their Atlas block probably has a 
much better read on this than I do.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda, MD

D. H. Michael Bowen (Mike)
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda MD 20817-3845
Tel/Fax: (301) 530-5764
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