It certainly was a gorgeous morning this Thursday to be birding 
Little Bennett Regional Park in Montgomery County.

While not super birdy -- it's still only mid-April, after all -- 
there was always something interesting to look at and/or listen 
to.  A singing male PINE WARBLER greeted us at the Kingsley Trail 
parking area, where we also had a flurry of Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers 
and Ruby-crowned Kinglets.  There were 2 singing NORTHERN PARULAS and 
a pair of LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH along the KT, along with a singing 
BROWN THRASHER.

Up the steep hill and along the Purdom Trail, we had a nice bunch of 
birds that included single BLUE-HEADED and WHITE-EYED VIREOS in the 
same tree (neither one vocalizing) and the palest RED-BREASTED 
NUTHATCH we have ever seen, presumably a female.  Along the Piedmont 
Trail on the west side of Route 121 we heard a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 
saw and heard several FIELD SPARROWS and Eastern Bluebirds, and 
stumbled upon what sounded like a veritable covey of Eastern Towhees.

No Prairie Warblers, Chats, or Worm-eating Warblers -- yet.

Mike and Joy Bowen
Helen Patton
Montgomery Bird Club

D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD  20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom

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