Hello, everyone:

I've just returned from spending the past four weeks in Reading PA, 
where I was helping out following the birth of my second grandchild.  
(Although it was wonderful getting to know my granddaughter, 
I finally broke down and started a PA list.)

Anxious to get back on the trail (as it were), I went up to Middle 
Patuxent Environmental Area in Howard County this afternoon.  
About halfway between the Trotter Road parking lot and the start 
of the Wildlife Loop, I got a brief look at an odd warbler.  It was 
gray above and all white below, with two distinct yellow wing bars.  
Because I was viewing it from below, I did not see any details on 
the head.  I'm inclined to call it a Brewster's Warbler - my first-ever 
Vermivora hybrid.  Although the resident birds were fairly active, 
the only other migrant I saw was a single Red-eyed Vireo.

I also went around to the South Wind Circle side, where it was even 
quieter and the only noteworthy bird was a female BLUE GROSBEAK 
(a county bird for me), in the overgrown area behind the houses.

Looking forward to what's left of fall migration,

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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