I once had a Yellow-rumped Warbler (it was a Myrtle then) repeatedly try to
catch the dry fly I was casting. Eventually I stopped fishing and just
watched the Myrtle.

Paul O'Brien
Rockville, Mont. Co., MD

Paul and all,

Thankfully I have never had anything chase my flies but trout. Although I
will admit that I once missed the creek by about half a foot and the fly
landed on a rock that sloped down into the stream. Before I could get my rod
in gear to yank it off and recast, a nice trout slid out of the water, onto
the rock and grabbed the fly for me. He was probably a tad surprised when I
set the hook on him. Ever since then I have joked that my lousy casting
doesn't matter. I can miss the creek and still get them.

But this list is about birds, not trout and today at work I had some nice
new birds- WARBLING VIREO, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and (get this) a LEAST
FLYCATCHER, chebeking away down near the swamp at one end of the parking
lot. When I got home Laura was thrilled about getting a SCARLET TANAGER up
behind the house somewhere.
    I would like to say that spring is here, but this feels a lot more like
summer.

For anyone else that wants to see and/or hear a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
tomorrow, I will be at the Patuxent River Park parking lot at 8 AM tomorrow
morning for our annual Jug Bay trip. This is the PG County side of Jug Bay.
We will also be heading over to Merkle after we have spotted every single
bird in the park. We usually get quite a nice bunch of birds on this trip.
Osprey on the nest are always nice. Hooded warblers are another regular.

Jerry Tarbell
Trying to stay cool in Carroll County, MD (just in case there is another
Carroll County in some other state)

PS - And for the angling enthusiasts, yes I am a terrible caster. Just
proves that casting doesn't have all that much to do with catching them.
Being a sneak helps.