Hi all,

  This morning (overcast and bleak) I birded alongside Lake Needwood on the west side near the golf course and pond. 
There were good migrant finds, plus some of the local species. The best bird was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo
perching high in a wild cherry, awaiting tent caterpillars. Yellow-rumped Warblers were everywhere singing strongly.
 Here's a list of seen & heard birds: 42 species

Yellow billed Cuckoo 1
Common Crow
Fish Crow 2
Bluejay 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Red shouldered Hawk 1
Osprey 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Rufous sided Towhee 2
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 6
Northern Rough winged Swallow 3
Blue gray Gnatcatcher
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White thrt Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red eyed Vireo 3
Yellow breasted Chat 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow rumped Warbler 10+
Common Yellowthroat
Black tht Green Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Wood Thrush 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Eastern Kingbird
Great crested Flycatcher 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Canada Geese 5
Carolina Wren 2
White breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern Flicker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1

Good birding,
D.Ford/Bethesda, Md.