Laura and I spent Saturday and Sunday in western Maryland -- Saturday in 
eastern Garrett and western Allegany, and Sunday along the canal in eastern 
Allegany.  Details listed below.  Highlights included numerous Cerulean 
Warblers (most seen), 3 Virginia Rails at Finzel Swamp, J.B.'s Red-necked 
Phalarope, a female Hooded Merganser with 7 young along the canal, and 2 
Prothonotary Warblers in Allegany found after about 6 miles of 
walking/searching.

--Saturday May 26

Allegany, Old Dan's Rock Rd

4 Cerulean Warblers
3 Black-and-white Warblers (close-out)

Garrett, Russell Rd.

1 American Kestrel
3 Northern Mockingbirds
1 Yellow-breasted Chat

Garrett, Westernport Rd.

2 Blackpoll Warblers

Garrett, Chestnut Grove Rd.

3 Cerulean Warblers
1 Kentucky Warbler
1 Hooded Warbler

Allegany, Dan's Mountain WMA at end of Warnick Rd.

2 Cerulean Warblers

Garrett, Finzel Swamp

3 Virginia Rails
1 Alder Flycatcher

Allegany, North Branch

1 Red-necked Phalarope
1 Short-billed Dowitcher

Allegany, Orleans and High Germany Rd's, 10-10:30pm

4 Whip-poor-wills

--Sunday May 27 

Allegany, C&O Canal between Little Orleans and Pearre, mileposts 139-143

2 female Wood Ducks with 20 young between them
1 female Hooded Merganser with 7 adolescent-sized young
2 Warbling Vireos
12 Louisiana Waterthrush
2 Prothonotary Warblers
3 Cerulean Warblers

The ducks and Prothonotaries were in a big swampy pond between mileposts
139-140, about a mile northeast of th Fifteen Mile Creek access point in Little 
Orleans.

Washington, Black Rock Rd pond

1 Semipalmated Plover
1 Spotted Sandpiper

John Hubbell
Washington DC