Hello all. 

Stan Arnold, David Gillum, Debbie Gillum and I birded Fort Smallwood Park on Sunday morning.  We found a few good seasonal birds and one really interesting shorebird.  Stan found it while we were chasing a Royal Tern and though it didn't provide us with good views, it was of the size class of a Godwit. A really interesting bird that flew west toward the headwaters of Rock Creek.  

Seen/Heard:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron: 1 almost fully adult plumage
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret: 1 flyover
Osprey
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper: 2  Pond area
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Ficker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin: including one ON
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Butterflies:

Tiger Swallowtail: 1
Black Swallowtail: 1
Orange Sulphur: 1
Monarch: 3

Matt Grey
Pasadena