Helen Patton and I birded in Charles County today, mostly in my 2 atlas 
blocks.  We started at Doncaster State Forest near Nanjemoy.  We heard a 
lot more birds than we saw, especially the 10 species of warbler -- 
Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped, Pine, Prairie, Palm, Black-and-white, Worm-
eating, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, and Hooded.  Other recent arrivals 
included Great-crested Flycatcher and Red-eyed Vireo.  A nice addition
to the atlas block was a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers.  

When it started raining, we drove down to Morgantown and Allen's Fresh, 
neither of which was terribly interesting.  At Morgantown, there were 2 
Royal Terns, 1 Forster's Tern, 2 Common Loons, and 2 American Coot.  At 
Allen's Fresh, there were 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, and 
1 Northern Bobwhite.

We spent the rest of the afternoon in a mostly developed atlas block north 
of La Plata.  The great surprise was 5 Wild Turkeys on Billingsley Rd. 
between St. Patrick's drive and Middletown Rd.  Also of note -- a Wood 
Thrush and a brief glimpse of a hummingbird.

John Hubbell
Washington DC