I walked about 1/2 mile up and back Powells Run Road (Western 
Baltimore Co) this morning including both the open field area and the 
deep woods. It was all remarkably birdless and bugless. No Prairie 
Warbler. No Chat. No Yellow Warbler. No orioles. No sparrow of any 
sort. Only one Indigo Bunting. Only one species of Woodpecker --  
Red-bellied.

BUT, I did see a brilliant male Blue Grosbeak. I would think this is a 
migrant since it's the first I ever recall seeing there, even though 
the habitat is pretty appropriate. Based on hearing many sharp chips, 
there may actually have been several of them. On the other hand, the 
Yellow Book shows them as pretty late-departing migrants.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown, Baltimore County
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