On Saturday morning I made a brief stop (8:20 - 9:40) at Middle 
Patuxent EA in Howard County.  As before, the resident birds 
were quite active, but the migrants were sparse, although I never 
got beyond the small field near the Trotter Road entrance.  With 
some persistance I came up with the following (all single birds):

Chimney Swift
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (my FOY)
Brown Thrasher
Black-throated Blue Warbler (FOF - a gorgeous male)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (FOF)
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Prairie Warbler (immature)

Then I went on to various points in Carroll and Baltimore Counties. 
My best bird was a COMMON RAVEN, which I saw soaring with 
several Turkey Vultures west of the power lines in Soldiers Delight 
NEA in Baltimore County.  After I had been watching for several 
minutes, one of the vultures spiraled down and seemed to "bump" 
the raven (it was a little hard to tell, since they were easily half a 
mile away), after which the raven went down behind a ridge and out 
of sight.  I also saw a Yellow-rumped Warbler at Soldiers Delight.

A great day to be out!

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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