(ACLT is in Calvert County)
   
  I headed out late -- since I was in search of butterflies, and was greeted by a Spring Azure by the streambed  Frog eggs in the vernal pool have not yet hatched   I was about 1/4 mile down the trail when I heard a pine warbler --  and a cowbird.  A phoebe lisped overhead and a beautiful Eastern comma rested on a leaf, until I crept closer with my camera, and then it was gone.  Toothwort was in bloom everywhere, and bloodroot is at its peak--I got photos of 4 and five together.  A zebra swallowtail rested on the path, right below its host species -- pawpaw.
   
  Finally reached the powerline edge, where a towhee gave a truncated song, and a field sparrow sang too.  Turned back, seeing no new butterflies or flowers, but somewhere further down the creek a Louisiana waterthrush sang.  I stopped to zero in on some rustling, and a red-tail flew up and glided away.
   
  As I drove down the lane, focussing on the bald eagle nest, I heard a yellow-throated warbler sing.  It was just as if he had never been gone from these parts. An eagle sat high above the nest, so I hurried on, not wanting to disturb the pair.
   
  sue hamilton
  scientists' cliffs

 
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