I've seen a few spring migrants yesterday and today in Howard and adjacent 
Anne Arundel Counties. Around 5PM April 9 an adult male Northern Harrier 
glided swiftly overhead near the BWI Amtrak station. Today my wife reported 
a Hermit Thrush near our bird feeder and after work I saw the same or another 
one on the path near our house in east Columbia. Also had my first Blue-gray 
Gnatcatcher of the spring flitting through the willows around the small pond 
upstream of Lake Elkhorn. A female Hooded Merganser, a Ruby-crowned 
Kinglet and a Swamp Sparrow were also around this pond. 

Jim Wilkinson
Columbia, MD