We had an interesting mid-morning outing at Hughes Hollow in Montgomery 
County, today, Sunday September 30.  We saw a surprising number of first of 
fall birds for us and for this location.  Most interesting were two immature 
White-crowned Sparrows (the Yellow Book shows arrivals as early as September 
21, and, after searching the MDOsprey archives, I don't think anyone else 
has yet reported these from Maryland this fall).  We also had White-throated 
Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-Rumped Warblers, 
and Purple Finches.  Hughes Hollow continues to dry out with only small 
patches of water left in the first impoundment on the West side and in the 
one on the East side.  As a result, we saw virtually no birds associated 
with water or marsh other than a Great Blue Heron and a few Mallards.  A 
complete list of the birds we saw appears below from my eBird report.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, MD

> Location:     Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WLMA
> Observation date:     9/30/07
> Number of species:     35
>
> Mallard     5
> Great Blue Heron     1
> Turkey Vulture     2
> Accipiter sp.     1
> Red-shouldered Hawk     2
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
> Northern Flicker     1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
> Eastern Phoebe     8
> Blue Jay     14
> American Crow     2
> Carolina Chickadee     2
> Tufted Titmouse     2
> White-breasted Nuthatch     4
> Carolina Wren     3
> House Wren     2
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
> Eastern Bluebird     6
> American Robin     1
> Gray Catbird     9
> Northern Mockingbird     6
> European Starling     4
> Cedar Waxwing     2
> Nashville Warbler     1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
> Common Yellowthroat     1
> Song Sparrow     5
> Lincoln's Sparrow     3
> White-throated Sparrow     4
> White-crowned Sparrow     2
> Northern Cardinal     8
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
> Indigo Bunting     4
> Purple Finch     4
> American Goldfinch     22
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)