Felt like I hit the jackpot this morning at the Azalea Gardens at the National Arboretum. Birds were singing everywhere, and sometimes giving good looks:

	_ Black-Throated Blue Warbler
	_ Black-Throated Green Warbler
	_ Ovenbird
	_ Magnolia Warbler  (FOY)
	_ Chestnut-Sided Warbler (FOY)
	_ Northern Parula	
	_ American Redstart (heard only. Redstarts have clearly decided to play tricks on Lisa and I this spring).
	_ Black-and-White Warbler
	_ Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
	_ Yellow-Rumped Warbler
	(May also have heard Bay-Breasted Warbler)
	_ Wood Thrush
	_ Hermit Thrush
	_ Eastern Wood Peewee, heard (FOY)
	_ Eastern Towhee
	_ Grey Catbird (all over the place)
	_ Brown Thrasher
	_ White-Throated Sparrows

	... And a disturbingly large # of House Sparrows.

	Meanwhile, the migrants arrived in force over the weekend at Chez Strobel in Annapolis. Sunday morning we had, calling in the back woods:

	_ Parula
	_ Black-Throated Blue
	_ Ovenbird
	_ Redstart
	_ Yellow-Billed Cuckoo.

      This morning, Lisa heard Common Yellowthroat, and I saw the garden's first RTHU, drinking water from leaves after the sprinkler had passed..

    Good Birding!

    Warren & Lisa Strobel 
    Annapolis, MD
    
    www.birdcouple.com