Two participants, a leader and a neighbor socialized pleasantly from 8 to 
10:30 AM, but for the most part the bird drought continued apace and may reflect 
the actual drought which has dried up the spring that backs up to the wooded 
edge where we usually find birds.   The only migrants were a Red-tailed Hawk, 2 
Blue-headed (nominate) and a Red-eyed Vireo, 4 Wood Thrushes, a 
Black-throated Green and a Bay-breasted Warbler, and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak.   The 
highlights both involved a juvenile Cooper's Hawk which 1) obligingly sat on a fence 
post not 20 feet from us and 2) followed, not chased, a Cockatiel that has 
been in the neighborhood all this month.   The hawk was at half speed, casually 
keeping up with the Cockatiel, which was properly terrified, but made no 
attempt to capture it.   For those keeping an Exotics Photographed In All MD 
Counties list, I would suggest making haste as the Cooper's Hawk could get tired of 
its steady diet of House Sparrows at any time now.

Paul O'Brien
Rockville, Mont. Co., MD


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