The regular Sunday walk at Cylburn turned up very few warblers but had 
its compensations.

Winter Wren - first of season for all, first heard and seen by Taylor 
McClean around the first big bend on the stump dump trail.

Black-throated Blue Warbler - a colorful, cooperative male giving its 
distinctive dry chip note in the same area.

Great Horned Owl - While scanning for warblers, I happened to see a 
beehive with two ears. I said "I think I have a Great Horned Owl," 
which I believe all the others saw before it proved it was not a 
beehive by flying off. This was also in the same area of the stump 
dump trail.

Swainson's Thrush - vigorously giving its whit" notes, and even weakly 
singing once or twice, but not seen, near the Formal Garden.

No hawk flight today. Just a Kestrel and two Sharp-shinned Hawks.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown, Baltimore County
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