Hi all,
 I led a walk for The Backyard Naturalist in Olney this morning to  Blue 
Mash. We saw or heard 46 species, including a late YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, as  well 
as a single Snow Goose which was "leading" a small  flock of  Canada Geese as 
they flew into and then back out of the big pond. Sparrows were  seen in small 
numbers because the wind kept them down in the low weeds.Waterfowl  were few 
(Green-winged Teal, Ruddy Duck, A, Wigeon and Mallards) along with a  single 
Greater Yellowlegs, Great Blue Heron, both kinglet species, Palm Warbler  and 
Yellow-rumps. Everything else was expected (N. Harrier, Sharpie and Coopers,  
Red-tailed and shouldered Hawks, etc.)

Yesterday afternoon I was there for a couple of hours as well and had 2  
MERLINS fly over, along with my first of the season Brown Creeper.
 
Heading for Hawk Mountain,
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD
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