Hi Gail,
 Nice running into you and Barry. Thanks for the heads up on the WCSP;  we 
got great looks. I'm sure it was a lifer for everyone in my small group, as  
they were all beginners. We ended with 53 species, but by then most of my 
group  had left, and I birded with Cecily and Diane, and John Pangborn as 
well. It was  simply too wet for the beginners. We didn't see any RBGR or hear 
the WEWA. Our  best find in fact was (your find) the White crowned Sparrow. 
We got fair looks  at a number of Chats and a White-eyed Vireo, and had a 
single Swamp Sparrow too.  Nothing much too unusual, but we did hear a 
Black-throated Blue Warbler back by  the woods.
 
P.S., First thing this morning, before 6AM, I was out with the dog in the  
yard and heard a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO calling from the neighbors woods. Later 
it  was in our side yard, and flew over our house back towards his woods. 
Had a  beautiful adult White-crowned Sparrow here this morning, briefly, 
under our  feeders, too.
 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
 
 
In a message dated 5/9/2009 10:48:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

Hi  --

Thought we would go out to Blue Mash Nature Trail today and see if  the
Black-billed Cuckoos were still around -- not much in the way of  migrants
and no cuckoos but a nice morning out nevertheless. The ponds were  full to
the brim so no shorebirds. We didn't do the whole loop, so probably  missed 
a
lot. Oh yes, we also had a Rick Sussman  sighting!



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