The stream adjacent to the parking lot for the Mt. Washington Starbucks - 
Whole Foods complex is again hosting some good birds. Early this morning 
there were three YELLOW-CROWNED and one immature BLACK-CROWNED Night 
Herons and this afternoon there was a beautiful mature Black-crowned posing 
in various trees and snags just across the stream.  

The WARBLING VIREO and the BALTIMORE ORIOLE are back, and a BLACKPOLL 
is spending a few days.

Note: this is not a lovely natural area. The stream has been constrained within 
gabions, and there is a certain amount of debris and ivy. However, the birds 
don't seem to care, and we appreciate the coffee on the way to Lake Roland.

Leslie Starr & Joe Turner
Baltimore & Port Republic