Hi all,
   I had a couple unusual birds today at Lake Artemesia. This morning some
alarmed Common Grackles alerted me to the presence of a passing Peregrine
Falcon. It circled once over the peninsula and then continued roughly south.
On the way home I spotted an American Pipit on the grassy mudflat where the
lake has receded.

Highlights:
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1
American Pipit - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - lots
Palm Warbler - 3
Field Sparrow - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - ~5
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 5 (3 adult, 2 immature)
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Dark-eyed Junco - 2

Mike Ostrowski
Greenbelt, MD