The impoundments are still just puddles, but there were plenty of birds at  
Hughes Hollow today. All seven local woodpeckers (Red-headed, Red-bellied,  
Pileated, Hairy, Downy, Flicker and YB Sapsucker) were seen. Sparrows were  
numerous and varied (Fox, Swamp, Song, White-throated, imm. White-crowned plus  
adult male Towhee).  Also saw Winter Wren, both kinglets, Red-breasted  Nuthatch, 
Brown Creeper, Merlin, and YR Warbler.  Another highlight  was watching 
scores of Rusty Blackbirds alternatively bathing in one of the  "impuddlements" and 
feeding in the neighboring muck.  
 
Stephen Jones
Bethesda, MD



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