Enjoyed birding today with Cindy and Jack Clark.  We started about 6:30, 
but the "dawn chorus" wasn't quite as overwhelming as what I encountered 
2 weeks ago.

The only transient we saw was a singing Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, a 
lifer for Cindy and Jack and my first in MD.  Other treats were 2 Barred 
Owls (heard only) on either side of Kingsley Trail talking to each 
other, and 2 active Pileated Woodpecker nest cavities, one with 2 heads 
sticking out begging, and 2 adults hustling to feed the hungry mouths. 
The two young already have complete red crests, so appear about ready to 
fledge.  I've never seen the young in that state - it hadn't occurred to 
me that they have the crest when they fledge.  The closer of the 2 nests 
cavities was about 50-75 yards SE from the intersection with Hard Cider 
Trail, the other nearby but 25-50 yards farther south.

It occurs to me that I haven't heard a Veery this spring, although I saw 
one at Patuxent in early May.  They're usually singing at LB by this 
time, although often hard to find.  Are their numbers down this spring?

	Bob Hartman
	Colesville, MD

37 species (seen and heard):
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Indigo Bunting             13
Scarlet Tanager             6
Field Sparrow               4
Chipping Sparrow            3
Carolina Wren               8
American Goldfinch         10
Pileated Woodpecker  5 a + 2 i
Common Yellowthroat         3
Eastern Towhee              4
Yellow Warbler              8
Gray Catbird               10
Barn Swallow               10
Tree Swallow                2
Wood Duck                   2
Cedar Waxwing               2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      12
Eastern Phoebe              1
Wood Thrush                 5
Fish Crow                   1
American Crow               8
Orchard Oriole              1
Tufted Titmouse             5
Carolina Chickadee          8
Eastern Wood-Pewee          6
White-eyed Vireo            7
Great Blue Heron            1
Eastern Bluebird            2
Ovenbird                   10
Great Crested Flycatcher    1
Acadian Flycatcher          7
Blue Jay                    4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher   1
Red-shouldered Hawk         1
Turkey Vulture              1
Black Vulture               1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Barred Owl                  2