A late response to John Hubbell's earlier post on Bollinger Mill Rd. affirmed 
his take on this area as "birdy"--exactly what I thought, working the area along
an inlet of Liberty Reservoir, and the stream feeding into it. I whiffied on two
of his listed warblers, the Black and White and the Kentucky; however, I en-
joyed six warblers. Most numerous were the "Wormy", "Hoody" and Parula.
Also notable were White-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos. Scarlet Tanagers
complimented these songsters. An historical footnote: I've birded this area
since 1970, but had not revisited Bollinger Mill Road since an icy winter many
moons ago, when I walked down a piney point trail about a mile west of the
bridge crossing on Deer Park Rd. I was tracking some suspicious animal 
prints and, when they went out onto the ice, I did likewise and ended up at
the terminus of Bollinger Mill Rd. Earlier, there were no trails radiating out
from the end of Bollinger. Now, happy birders can go north or south, but I
recommend going north, along the stream  feeding into the cove separating the
trail from the aforementioned "piney point". Eventually, one can ford the now
small streamlet to the other side. A list of seen/heard* follows:

Wood Duck--a shy female
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Mourning Dove*
Yellow-billed Cuckoo--occasional*
Belted Kingfisher--very active along the stream
Red-bellied Woodpecker*
Downy Woodpecker*
Eastern Wood-Pewee--a few*
Acadian Flycatcher--likewise*
Great Crested Flycatcher--a single*
White-eyed Vireo--two; killer looks at one
Yellow-throated Vireo*
Red-eyed Vireo--numerous*
American Crow*
Carolina Chickadee*
Tufted Titmouse*
White-breasted Nuthatch*
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
Wood Thrush--several; good looks at one
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Pine Warbler--several*
Worm-eating Warbler--numerous*
Parula Warbler--good no's*
Ovenbird--good no's; killer looks a pair; vociferous chips confused w/Cardinal 
Louisiana Waterthrush--a single, but killer looks
Hooded Warbler--numerous*
Scarlet Tanager--good no's*
Eastern Towhee--severak*
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting--several*
American Goldfinch--good no.*

Also noted: Blooms of the Spotted Wintergreen and not-open Starry Campion; an early shoot of Indian Pipe. In addition, an early Death Cap Amanita (Amanita 
bisporigera) stood out in stark, white umbrella-like splendor. A beautiful 'shroom.

Paul Noell
Balto. MD