A small group from the Montgomery Bird Club met for a walk at Hughes Hollow -- McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area this morning.  Unfortunately, our intrepid party had only a short walk before a very scary thunderstorm sent us back to our cars and ended our outing.  However, we did see a first-of-year Gray Catbird, a singing Common Yellowthroat, and a nice Red-headed Woodpecker.  Two of our party heard Eastern Wood Pewee, but I missed it.

A complete list from my eBird report follows.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, MD

Location:     Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WLMA
Observation date:     4/20/08
Notes:     Cloudy with brief rain shower.  Trip cut short by thunderstorm.
Number of species:     25

Canada Goose     20 including goslings from two families
Wood Duck     5
Green Heron     2
Mourning Dove     1
Red-headed Woodpecker     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     1
Fish Crow     3
Tree Swallow     32
Carolina Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     6
Eastern Bluebird     3
Gray Catbird     1
European Starling     2
Common Yellowthroat     1
Song Sparrow     2
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     7
Northern Cardinal     3
Red-winged Blackbird     34
Common Grackle     20
American Goldfinch     2