I took a drive down Rt 107 towards White's Ferry and than down River Rd 
through Patton Turf farm this morning to check puddles and wet fields.

Only shorebirds I could turn up were Greater Yellowlegs and Killdeer. 
There were 3 Greater Yellowlegs in wet area in last field on right along 
Rt 107 just before you get to White's Ferry. Had 5 more GRYLs at polo 
grounds. Of note along Patton Turf Farm fields were Bonaparte's Gulls 
and a single Caspian Tern.

Between 2-3 pm took a quick trip over to Violette's Lock. Ran into Dave 
Czaplak who was just leaving and alerted me to the presence of 2 
White-winged Scoters and 2 Surf Scoters plus a Long-tailed Duck and tons 
of swallows. Dave said he had all 6 swallow species. I could only find 
5, failing to pick out a Purple Martin. Thankfully, some of the swallows 
were briefly resting on a mid river snag so I could more easily ID 3 
Bank Swallows and 1 Cliff Swallow.

Good birding,

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg