Hi Everyone,
 
Great birds before and after work certainly salvaged this long Monday!  Below are some highlights:
 
Drinking coffee in my yard in Pasadena, ~6:45 a.m.
 
Blue Jays--down to about 3 or 4 at any time
House Wren--1 singing 
Gray Catbird--1
Brown Thrasher--1 at feeder
WOOD THRUSH--1 singing
BLUE GROSBEAK--1
Myrtle Warbler--1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT--1 male in scrub at back of yard; we're planning to keep our 10'-20' of scrub along the edge of the yard intact; already paying off
WT Sparrows--still about 5 around at any time
 
After work; couple mile run through Weinberg Park
 
Barred Owl--1 chased by 2 American Crows
RT Hummingbird--1
VEERY--1
Hermit Thrush--1 
RC Kinglet--3
BG Gnatcatcher--10
Myrtle Warbler--5
 
Kickin' back in the yard with a root beer float. That's how I roll...
 
MERLIN--1; beautiful, unexpected flyby (low)
Herring Gull--2
Forster's Tern--1 flyby
RT Hummingbird--male and female still present; hoping they stick around
Eastern Kingbird--1
Barn and Tree Swallows
RC Kinglet--1
BG Gnatcatcher--1
Northern Mockingbird--the resident here is quite a virtuoso; my personal favorite imitations today were Osprey, Wood Thrush, and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. The latter was new for me. It might even top my previous favorite mockingbird imitation: Mallard. Tough to beat a mockingbird quacking on a wire, though...
Yellow Warbler--1 female in our holly; previous visitor was a male
Common Yellowthroat--still back in the scrub
Monarch--1
 
Photo of the Day: Eastern Kingbird with a tiger beetle it caught on the beach at Fort Smallwood yesterday:
 
http://billhubick.com/images/eastern_kingbird_with_tiger_beetle_md_20070429.jpg
 
Jim Brighton/anyone, can you ID the tiger beetle? :)
 
Good birding,
 
Bill
 
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com