Walked along the Hyattstown Mill/Prescott Rd area of Little Bennett RP 
this morning 10 am to 12 noon. Highlights include: 3 Kentucky Warblers 
(1 heard, 2 seen), a Hooded and Magnolia Warbler. In the "bird behavior 
I never seen dept", I watched a Great-crested Flycatcher, which was 
perched on a wooden bridge rail, drop to the bridge floor and completely 
sit down. Must have sat for almost a minute before flying back to bridge 
railing and off into the trees. The bird did not seem to be doing 
anything while it was sitting. No pecking at ants or picking up grit. 
Weird. There was a second GC Flycatcher in trees nearby. Maybe some kind 
of courtship behavior.

On the way over to Little Bennett, I stop for a few moments at a shallow 
storm water management pond (viewable from Shamrock Glen Circle) on the 
NW corner of the I-270/Rte 27 interchange that sometimes holds a few 
shorebirds. Only shorebird present was a Killdeer but I was surprised to 
see a female Hooded Merganser with 6 offspring.

Andy Martin
Gaitherburg
apmartin2@comcast