Hi all,
 On my way back through town from business in Bethesda I stopped at  Blue 
Mash for an hour and a half or so to see what was around. I saw or heard 42  
species, including E. Meadowlark (heard only), 7 Bonaparte's Gulls which flew in  
and landed on the big pond just as I got there, 9 flyover DC Cormorants,  
Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, Wilson's Snipe (on the small  
pond edge), American Kestrel (male, hovering over the landfill), at least 4 Fox 
 Sparrows, one singing and one "chupping" from the bushes at me, a juvenile  
Red-shouldered Hawk being severely harassed by an irate flock of grackles,  
Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Brown Thrasher singing from atop a maple  
tree.
 
Anyway, nothing really out of the ordinary, but a nice mid-day jaunt  
never-the-less.
 
Trails are wet, so if you go, be prepared!

Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD





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