All this week I have had the most wonderful birds in my tall flowering oaks.  The problem is I am late for work every day because I can't tear myself away.  Employers should have special dispensation for birders during migration.

Highlights include:
Blackburnian warbler (my first)
Wilson's warbler (my first)
Black throated green warbler
Yellow warbler
Blackpoll warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Rosebreasted Grosbeak
Many Yellow Rumped Warblers

Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher

Other items of note:  I had a carolina wren successfully launch 4 babies from a nest in my kayak.

A catbird is imitating the whistle my husband uses to call our dog.  The dog is going crazy.

Bats have returned to my yard.  Hopefully, they will use the house we put up last fall.

Holly Waddell
Ellicott City, Howard County MD