We a productive morning birding at Hughes Hollow today.  Major highlight was an amazing flight of Rusty Blackbirds passing through  in flocks over the course of about ten minutes, which we conservatively counted as 120!  Good sparrow variety including Song, White-Throated, White-Crowned (all first winter birds), Field, Swamp, and Lincoln's. Also a nice adult Red-headed Woodpecker.  Specific list follows.

Jim and Ann Nelson
Bethesda, MD

      Great Blue Heron 1 
      Turkey Vulture 6 
      Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 
      Red-shouldered Hawk 2 
      American Coot 14 
      Belted Kingfisher 1 
      Red-headed Woodpecker 1 
      Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 
      Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 
      Downy Woodpecker 5 
      Northern Flicker 3 
      Pileated Woodpecker 2 
      Eastern Phoebe 2 
      Blue Jay 27 
      American Crow 2 
      Fish Crow 2 
      Carolina Chickadee 10 
      Tufted Titmouse 6 
      White-breasted Nuthatch 3 
      Carolina Wren 6 
      Winter Wren 1 
      Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 
      Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 
      Eastern Bluebird 8 
      American Robin 30 
      Gray Catbird 1 
      Northern Mockingbird 1 
      European Starling 30 
      Cedar Waxwing 8 
      Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 
      Field Sparrow 11 
      Song Sparrow 24 
      Lincoln's Sparrow 1 
      Swamp Sparrow 6 
      White-throated Sparrow 26 
      White-crowned Sparrow 5 
      Northern Cardinal 8 
      Red-winged Blackbird 2 
      Rusty Blackbird 120 
      Common Grackle 1 
      American Goldfinch 5