Dave Czaplak alerted me to a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at the Summit Hall 
Turf Farm. I walked up (maybe 3/4 mile) along canal from the Sycamore 
Landing parking lot and was able to "peek" between foliage with 'scope 
across the canal to puddles on turf farm.

I actually could not find the bird at first, and desperate for a new 
addition to my county list, I started to wade across a very full C&O 
Canal. I'm "wimped" out however part way across when I ended up in neck 
deep water holding my scope above me military style. Back on dry land, I 
finally found it in a puddle visible between a break in foliage.

Warblers along canal included:
American Redstart
Northern Parula 3
Prothonotary 2
Black-and-White
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-throated Blue
Black-throated Green
Yellow-rumped
Magnolia
Common Yellowthroat 2

Good and "safe" birding,

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg