Hi Everyone,
 
Below are some highlights from near Fort Smallwood today:
 
Yard birds over morning coffee:
 
Least Tern--1 flyby
Common Nighthawk--flew right through the yard at 7:45 a.m.!
American Redstart--1
Ovenbird--1
Common Yellowthroat--2
Blackpoll Warbler--2
 
Kite watch with Hans Holbrook from White's Pond access:
 
Great Egret--1
Little Blue Heron--1 (I ran back to my yard to tick it on my yard list--birders are weird)
Cattle Egret--2
Black and Turkey Vultures--about 10 each
Osprey--2
Bald Eagle--2
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
Cooper's Hawk--1
Red-shouldered Hawk--4+
Red-tailed Hawk--1
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Least Tern--2
Eastern Kingbird--resident pair
Barn Swallows, Purple Martins--several
Yellow Warbler--1
Northern Water Snake--1
 
Back at the yard:
 
Nesting Gray Catbirds
Common Yellowthroat--2
Magnolia Warbler--1 singing
Fledged House Finches
Eastern Box Turtle!  (found originally by my girlfriend Becky this past weekend)
 
Here are some fun photos from today, and from the World Series of Birding in Cape May, New Jersey:
 
http://billhubick.com/new_set.html
 
Good birding,
 
Bill
 
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com