I started this morning at Soldiers Delight NEA in Baltimore County, where I 
was able to locate one of the Summer Tanagers, singing on the orange trail just 
east of its junction with the red trail. I could not find the Olive-sided 
Flycatcher reported yesterday, but not for lack of checking every treetop. There 
were many Acadian Flycatchers, one doing the twittering, wing-whirring display 
described by Jerry Tarbell. The only migrant was a female Canada Warbler. 
It's definitely summer.

From there I went down to the Granite area of PVSP, intending to check on the 
presence of any Y-T Warblers or Prothonotaries (none found). The last thing I 
expected to see was a Common Moorhen. The bird was on the Patapsco about 1/2 
mile from the bridge at Woodstock, upstream from the riffles just above the 
bridge and just below the sharp right turn in the river. It was standing at the 
tip of an extensive gravel bar on the far (Howard) side of the river, then 
swam over to the Baltimore County shoreline, where it disappeared among the 
overhanging branches and undercut bank. Assuming the county line follows the middle 
of the river, the bird would have been in both counties. There was another 
Canada Warbler here, and a newly fledged family of Phoebes closer to the bridge.

One interesting note from Soldiers Delight: As I pulled into the overlook, I 
could hear several American Crows cawing to the east, and among the sounds was 
a raven-like, gutteral croak. It could very well have been a crow, especially 
with young ones about, but this is not far from where Common Ravens have been 
spotted this year.

Joel Martin
Catonsville, MD