I just returned from 4 days in Cape May, and found the swamp behind our 
house was jumping with swamp sparrows early this morning.  It is a scrub-
shrub/emergent mix of wetland;  It was hard to count them but I estimate at 
least 50 swampies were in there!  It was nice to watch the constant activity 
from these wonderfully colorful brown birds!  I managed to see 4-5 song 
sparrows, 5-6 towhees and about 10 white-throateds with them.  Surprisingly 
that was all (no juncos or other goodies) I spotted.  There were also Soras 
calling from two areas out in the cattail/rice stands.

In the yard I had a small flock of ~ 10 warblers, - all myrtles except for one N. 
parula (female).  The rose-breasted grosbeaks that were here for 3 straight 
weeks (!) have left now, along with most of the chipping sparrows that had 
been aggregating along the field edges.

Cheers!

Jeff Shenot
Croom MD