Before heading to work (in Washington!!) in the afternoon, I spent
the morning birding in the other direction, in Caroline County...
 
 
    First stop was Martinak State Park outside Denton. Highlights were:
 
    _ a pair of Common Mergansers in the river
    _ Osprey (4) everywhere, busily building nests
    _ a Phoebe, heard.
    _ Chipping Sparrow (FOY)
    
    I then motored over to Tuckahoe State Park. Not much on the lake,
but:
 
    _ several more Eastern Phoebes (2 or 3) hanging around the buildings
near the playground
    _ Pine Warbler (FOY) up in the pine trees nearby
 
    Not far from the park were a Kestrel on a telephone wire and 6
Wilson's Snipe, sneaking around a small wet area in a field.
 
    Final stop was Adkins Arboretum:
    _ Field Sparrows singing everywhere. Must have been 5-6 of these
suckers
    _ Eastern Bluebird (1 adult, 1 imm)
    _ Tree Swallow, competing with the Bluebirds for a box.
    _ late-ish White-Throated Sparrow
    _ Eastern Towhee
    _ Dark-Eyed Juncos, still hanging on.
 
    Pipits were, as usual, un-found.
 
    Good Birding!
   
    Warren & Lisa Strobel 
    Annapolis, MD
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