Hi all,

  While out and doing the Birdathon, Cecily N. and I spotted a Gray cheeked Thrush in Rachel Carson Park.  The bird flew up
from the ground and perched for 2 minutes.  Maybe it was the weather, but warbler numbers down- here are highlights:

Lake Needwood:
Green Heron 1 FOY
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Canada Geese w/young
Mallard
Wood Duck
Prairie Warbler
Balt. Oriole
Northern Rough Winged Swallow
Scarlet Tanager
Common Yellowthroat
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Parula Warbler
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush

Reillys Lock & Hughes Hollow:

Bald Eagle
Double crested Cormorant
Pied billed Grebe 3
Green Heron
Blue Heron
Tree Swallow
Yellow billed Cuckoo     H/H
Northern Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanagers
Prothonotary Warbler 2 (males)
Wood Thrush
Fish Crow
Phoebe

D.Ford/Bethesda