Hi all,
 My daughter and I birded/insected at Blue Mash today (she needs a  
collection for an entomology lab), finding it rather quiet birdwise. A few  migrants of 
note: Northern Harrier flying and soaring high witha Red-shouldered  Hawk, an 
immature Cooper's Hawk stealthily swooping across a field then perch  hunting 
from a fence (probably a local bird though), adult male Blue Grosbeak  
"chinking" from the  top of a cedar tree, an immature Rose-breasted  Grosbeak, a 
nice looking male A. Redstart coming in to check out my pishing, a  few Red-eyed 
and White-eyed Vireos, a handful of empid flycatchers, a  couple  of E. 
Wood-pewees, Great Crested Flycatcher, and dwindling numbers  of swallows (Barn, 
Tree and Purple Martin).
 
We did collect a nice assortment of insects, and watched a marbled orb  
weaver catch and spin a small grasshopper, caught on my daughters digital  camera.

Rick Sussman
Ashton, MD