This morning things were really hoppin' at Hughes Hollow in 
Montgomery County (even though I showed up later than I 
wanted to, about 8:20).  The birds were so active, flying ahead 
of me and diving into the underbrush, that I quickly gave up 
any serious attempt to count most of them.  The highlights 
included the following:

Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (perched in dead tree)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 immature (flying over Hughes Road)
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 (well-seen, end of the main dike)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - several heard
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER - 1
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 3
Magnolia Warbler - 1 (in trees along road)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Palm Warbler - many (adults and immatures)
Common Yellowthroat - many
Song Sparrow - many
LINCOLN'S SPARROW - 2 or 3 (my FOY)
Swamp Sparrow - several
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - quite a few (my FOF)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female
Indigo Bunting - 2 or 3

(plus the usual jays, catbirds, cardinals, chickadees, titmice, 
wrens, and goldfiinches)

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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