Hi all,

  Decided to do a late morning walk at Blue Mash; the  weather was overcast
/later ptly cldy.  Migrants were slow, but as a consolation prize,  I saw a Yellow-rumped Warbler (my earliest ever). Flocks of Canada Geese were flying over there and over Bethesda.
 Here's the list:
10am-1:30

1 Blackpoll Warbler (immature/Fall)
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
4 Phoebes
2-3 Common Yellowthroats
35 Canada Geese (on small pond, with 3 groups of 12 flying in)
1 Great Egret
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Bald Eagle (adult flushing up geese, didn't work)
1 Red shouldered Hawk
2 Sharp shinned Hawks (soaring high)
3 Turkey Vultures
5 Black Vultures
20+ American Goldfinches
15+ Bluejays
2 Northern Flickers
1 Red bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Mockingbirds
2 Northern Cardinals
1 Song Sparrow

D.Ford/Bethesda