It appears to big a big day for Connecticut Warblers.  As my son and I  
were bushwacking along the Little Patuxent River where it flows  
between Columbia Road and Old Annapolis Road I noticed a small bird  
fly up from a thicket.  It landed obligingly on a clear perch where I  
could see the pale gray hood, white eye ring, pale yellow belly, and  
olive/brown back.  It wasn't going anywhere, so I handed my binoculars  
to my son and he got a good look as well.  So if you get a Connecticut  
at 13, where do you go from there?

During our hike we spooked wood ducks from the stream multiple times,  
and a great blue heron when we were only about 5 m away (that one  
spooked us, too - we hadn't seen it).  We also saw blue jays,  
cardinals, chickadees, titmice, crows, a ruby-crowned kinglet, hairy  
and downy woodpeckers, foxes, turtles, and deer.  We heard a barred  
owl, and possibly saw one.

Paul