Had a great morning birding the Locust Grove Nature Center in West Bethesda and along the Cabin John Stream Valley Trail north of the Center.  Saw and heard a total of 55 species.  Highlights were two separate female Wood Ducks with 8 and 6 young with them, lots of Swainson's Thrush and Northern Parula, nest-building Northern Orioles, Orchard Orioles, and Scarlet Tanagers, and Spotted Sandpiper.  But not as many warblers as I wanted (since I'm still early on the learning curve for their songs).  A complete list follows from my eBird report.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, Montogmery County


Wood Duck     18
Mallard     1
Great Blue Heron     1
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     4
Spotted Sandpiper     2
Mourning Dove     6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Barred Owl     1
Chimney Swift     3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     13
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     3
Eastern Wood-Pewee     4
Great Crested Flycatcher     2
White-eyed Vireo     2
Warbling Vireo     2
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     2
crow sp.     1
Tree Swallow     2
Carolina Chickadee     8
Tufted Titmouse     11
White-breasted Nuthatch     8
Carolina Wren     6
House Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     4
Swainson's Thrush     5
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin     10
Gray Catbird     6
European Starling     4
Cedar Waxwing     5
Northern Parula     11
Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)      1
Blackpoll Warbler     3
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Scarlet Tanager     2
Lincoln's Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     22
Indigo Bunting     1
Red-winged Blackbird     7
Common Grackle     8
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
Orchard Oriole     2
Baltimore Oriole     3
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     10
House Sparrow     1