Hi Folks,

    Like John Hubbell, Bill Hubick and I also birded Washington Co. today,
but spent most of the day there.  Though we didn't pick up anything
particularly unusual, the birds were still magnificant and plentiful.  Top
birds for the day were GREAT EGRET, LEAST FLYCATCHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and
a few late migrants and migrant warblers.  We also had a "Washington County
Fallout of Shorebirds":  four species!
    Despite both Bill and I having atlas blocks in the county, it was one of
the most poorly birded counties for both of us, as we both sorely needed
migrants for our county lists.  As a result, we combined to get 30 new
county birds--15 for each of us.  The rundown (of primarily migrants):

    The loop formed by Woodmont, Pearre, Donea, and Willow Roads:
Wood Duck--2
Osprey--1
E. Screech-Owl--2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo--1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker--8
E. Wood-Pewee--5
E. Phoebe--7
White-Eyed Vireo--1
Blue-Headed Vireo--2
Red-Eyed Vireo--2
Chickadee, sp.--8 or so; some greatly favored Black-capped (Woodmont Rd.)
House Wren--3
Winter Wren--1
Golden-crowned Kinglet--28
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--35
Hermit Thrush--2
Magnolia Warbler--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler--100s
Black-throated Blue Warbler--1 male
Black-throated Green Warbler--4
Pine Warbler--9
Swamp Sparrow--3
White-throated Sparrow--30

    Little Pool:
Wood Duck--3

    Big Pool:
Green-winged Teal--1
GREAT EGRET--1
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Solitary Sandpiper--1
YB Sapsucker--2
E. Phoebe--2
Tree Swallow--scores
N. Rough-winged Swallow--6 or more
Bank Swallow--3 or 4
Barn Swallow--1
GC Kinglet--several
RC Kinglet--dozens
YR Warbler--scores
Blk-thr. Blue Warbler--1 female
(Western) Palm Warbler--1
(Yellow) Palm Warbler--1

    Catholic Church Rd.:
YB Sapsucker--3
LEAST FLYCTCHER--1
E. Phoebe--13
Brown Creeper--1
RC Kinglet--12
Hermit Thrush--2
YR Warblers--gobs more
BTG Warbler--1
(Yellow) Palm Warbler--2
SCARLET TANAGER--1
Chipping Sparrow--30
Swamp Sparrow--3
LINCOLN'S SPARROW--1 (pond near east end of road; Bill took a great photo)

    Funkstown:
Am. Wigeon--pair
GW Teal--3

    Beaver Creek Pond/Wetland (Rt 66 & Black Rock Rd.):
GW Teal--3
Solitary Sandpiper--1
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Lesser Yellowlegs--4
E. Phoebe--2

also dozens of huge carp breaking the water's surface

    Boonesboro Sewerage Treatment Ponds:
N. HARRIER--1
Killdeer--2
Lesser Yellowlegs--2
Tree Swallow--30
NRW Swallow--1
Barn Swallow--1
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW--3 juveniles
Indigo Bunting--1 female

    It was a simply marvelous day to be in Washington Co.

Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie