The highlight of my lunchtime walk around Schoolhouse Pond was a vocalizing Alder Flycatcher.  Looking from the road, the bird was in the willows on the righthand side of the pond just past where the boardwalk makes a sharp turn.  The bird was calling and occasionally singing from snags atop the scrubby trees in this area, and appeared to favor the willows.  I got a few backlit photos of the bird, which were remarkably unhelpful.  Fortunately the bird was vocalizing which helped to separate it from Willow Flycatcher and other empids.  I tracked/watched the bird for ten minutes or so.  It was vocalizing sporadically when I arrived and continued to do so as I left.  Yellow Warblers, Blackpoll Warblers continue in large, visible numbers and I also got great views of a low Yellow-throated Vireo.

Fred Shaffer
Crofton, Anne Arundel