Greetings,

Before I mention today's action, or lack there of, I need to report to out-of 
season birds seen yesterday at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford 
County. There were Gray Catbird and Great Egret. 

Today I chased birds around Harford and Cecil County to no avail. The birds 
that I missed included the Clay-colored Sparrow in Havre de Grace, the Red-
headed Woodpecker in Perryville, The Yellow-headed Blackbird in Calvert, and 
both non-Canada Goose sp. in Calvert. I did, however find a large Goose Flock 
that was too distant to really get a good look at. I also located a large 
Blackbird Flock that probably contained the Yellow-headed. It was located on 
Wilson Road, just north of the house that reported the western vagrants last 
week. This flock was extremely active in the trees and quite agitated by a 
resident Red-tailed Hawk. From what I could tell the flock was 99% Grackles 
with the remaining 1% consisting of Rusties, Red-wingeds, Starlings, and 
exactly TWO Brown-headed Cowbirds...

Best bird of the day (in MD) was five White-crowned Sparrows seen on Wilson 
Road.

Pics of the White-crowned Sparrows can be seen here:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/cstar-pics/IMG_2383.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g37/cstar-pics/CopyofIMG_2382.jpg

Good Birding, 
Chris Starling