This morning I had a scheduled car repair at 7 am, but when I arrived I 
was told the mechanic wouldn't be in until 8; I was hopping mad!  I bailed 
out and went to the neary Patuxent River Park at Queen Anne Rd, to relax 
and have a quick look for birds.

From 7:20-7:45 AM, I found two small but nice groups of birds, each with a 
mix of species, and both groups were busy and moving fairly rapidly.  I 
got the impression they had just arrived and were starving!  I missed 
quite a few birds (some I didn't get any view of; some I got on with the 
bins but they were too fast for me to get an id,; and some I simply 
couldn't tell due to the awful lighting (a light rain had just stopped 
with 100% overcast, dull light).

In order of appearance, I saw a yellow throated vireo (singing), chestnut-
sided warbler (2; both chipping the whole time), black & white warbler 
(1); Am redstart (2; one exceptionally colorful adult male); nashville 
warbler (1; shy, gave brief view); magnolia warbler (2; seen separately, 
one was incredibly curious and got very close, hopping around on a branch 
watching me from about 10 feet away).

But then I had to leave for work - it seemed like it would have been a 
great day to be out.  And my attitude was 180 degrees better!

Jeff Shenot
Croom MD