Blue Mash Nature Trail, Zion Road Section, Montgomery County, 11 May Apr 08, 0715-1000
 
Jeez it was cool this morning walking around Blue Mash.  I wish I had a pair of gloves with me because my fingers were quite numb by the time I got back to the car.  Birding was so-so with 45 species observed or heard.  Best birds included:
 
Greater Yellowlegs-1
Solitary Sandpiper-2
Spotted Sandpiper-2
Black-billed Cuckoo-1 (heard across Zion Road)
Great Crested Flycatcher-1 (heard)
Eastern Kingbird-3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-1 (on nest)
Wood Thrush (1 seen, several heard)
Ovenbird-2 (pair on branch)
Yellow-breasted Chat (1 seen, 2 heard)
Scarlet Tanager-2
LINCOLN'S SPARROW-1
Indigo Bunting-3
 
Tom Marko
Olney, MD
Montgomery Bird Club