I birded with a friend of mine at Blackwater NWR on Saturday, as well as Cedar Creek Road just to the south. Thanks to all the folks that sent me information on spots near Blackwater-- I only made it to Cedar Creek, and will have to keep the other spots in mind for the future. Overall, an enjoyable day. Highlights included SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS (at least 4 at the end of Cedar Creek Road), six RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (along the wildlife loop between stops 4 and 7), single NORTHERN BOBWHTE sitting on a branch "bob-whiting" (Auto stop 4), and the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (north of the fisherman bridge on Key Wallace.) Here's the total list:

Common Name
Mallard
Northern Bobwhite
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
American Crow
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Finch

Happy Birding!

dcs

David C. Smith
Owing Mills, MD