Took a quick run along Rt 107 through Poolesville and down River Rd past 
Patton Turf Farm this morning. Highlights include a singing VESPER 
SPARROW in grassy area across from the Robert Hawkins Sod Farm along Rt 
107. At Patton Turf Farm there were a few shorebirds including my FOY 
Semipalmated Sandpiper, a nice breeding plumage Dunlin, 2 Semipalmated 
Plovers, a Lesser Yellowlegs and some Killdeer along with a single 
American Pipit and assorted starlings, RW Blackbirds, Mourning Doves, 
and Horned Larks. These birds were in the plowed field across from last 
set of turf fields heading south on River Rd.

Ran into Jim Green at Hughes Hollow around mid morning who said that 
earlier around 7 AM he heard a Least Bittern calling from somewhere 
along back edge of the large impoundment on left.

Good birding,

Andy Martin

Gaithersburg