Hey everyone-

I got out to Patterson Park with my Dad at around 3:25pm.  At about 3:45, I got a glimpse of what I was almost positive was the Sedge Wren.  It flew a short distance, and I followed it.  However, the only bird that emerged from the spot where it had disappeared was a Swamp Sparrow.  Beginning to doubt myself, I waited for nearly an hour for the bird to give another sign of its presence, and was just about to give up when, at around 4:35, I heard the Wren singing clearly from the grassy hill next to the boardwalk.  I listened happily to it for around a minute, hoping it would show itself again, but unfortunately, it did not.  A mini-list from the time spent at the boat lake:  

Location:     Patterson Park
Observation date:     5/2/09
Number of species:     18

Mallard     40
Great Blue Heron     1
Rock Pigeon     5
Mourning Dove     1
Chimney Swift     6
Barn Swallow     2
Sedge Wren     1
American Robin     8
Gray Catbird     3
Brown Thrasher     1
Louisiana Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     4
Swamp Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     30
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     3
House Sparrow     40

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Photos of an obliging Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, and Great Blue Heron from today, and one of a Black-Crowned Night Heron from last week, are up at :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicobirdphotos

Good luck to whoever goes after this bird!  I might go after it again tomorrow (if its not raining) in hopes of getting a photo.

Nico Sarbanes
Baltimore