The White Ibis was present this morning at 7 AM in the east  
impoundment feeding close to the dike with some of the Great Egrets.  
As people began to arrive it quickly flew to the back of the  
impoundment. Two bald eagles perched in the dead trees at the back of  
the second west impoundment. I also saw a least flycatcher very close  
and 2 common yellowthroats.

Cortez Austin, Kettering, MD
On Aug 31, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Jim and Ann Nelson wrote:

> Our visit to Hughes Hollow, today, Sunday, 8/31, was the first since  
> the water got so low in the impoundments.  We couldn't find the  
> White Ibis that has been reported (though we talked to someone who  
> had talked to someone who might have seen it from Hunting Quarter  
> Road at the back on the large impoundment), but it was amazing to  
> see 44 Great Egrets in the two northern impoundments.  Otherwise  
> things were pretty slow with only 27 species, no shorebirds and very  
> few land birds/migrants (Magnolia Warbler was it).  Complete list  
> from eBird report below.
>
> Jim Nelson
> Bethesda, MD
>
> Location:     Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WLMA
> Observation date:     8/31/08
> Number of species:     29
>
> Great Blue Heron     9
> Great Egret     44
> Green Heron     4
> Turkey Vulture     12
> Red-shouldered Hawk     2
> hawk sp.     1
> Mourning Dove     3
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird     4
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
> Northern Flicker     1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee     5
> White-eyed Vireo     3
> Blue Jay     3
> Common Raven     2
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow     3
> swallow sp.     3
> Carolina Chickadee     5
> Tufted Titmouse     4
> White-breasted Nuthatch     3
> Carolina Wren     6
> Eastern Bluebird     2
> Gray Catbird     9
> Brown Thrasher     1
> Magnolia Warbler     1
> Song Sparrow     1
> Northern Cardinal     4
> Common Grackle     1
> American Goldfinch     3