Fairly quiet Big Day, from 0430 to 2100 on 4 MAY. 
Huntley  Meadow, VA 
Monticello  Park, VA 
Governors  Bridge Rd, MD 
Missipillion,  DE 
Slaughter  Beach, DE 
Ted Harvey, DE 
Port Mahon, DE 
Bombay Hook, DE 
Total = 134 Species 
Highlights/lowlights 
Warblers – 26 
Huntley Meadows – Mourning!, Canada 
Monticello Park – Many warblers, including  Blackburnian, but almost as many 
birders 
Gov Bridge- Prothonotary checking out bird box 
Red-headed Woodpecker at Gov Bridge 
Almost NO crabs, thought the full moon/spring tide in May brought them  
ashore, but maybe just a little too early.  Very few shore birds, not a knot.  
Except for a huge flock of Black-bellied Plovers in a plowed field near  Bombay 
Hook.  I saw them spook from  a distance and thought they were a flock of 
blackbirds, but were hundreds of  plovers in every possible molt.  Scanned the field 
for 15 minutes and found 2! Am Golden  Plovers. 
Very few thrushes. 
Black Tern at Ted Harvey and Boat-tailed Grackles. 
Lots of whiffs and single birds of many species. 

Tom  Beal
Glenn Dale, MD PG  Co.





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