The WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was still there (at the model boat pond at 
the Germantown Soccerplex, Montgomery County) at 3:30 p.m.  It was in 
the company of a Lesser Yellowlegs, and the 2 birds were flying 
around together.  There was also a Semipalmated Plover and a pair of 
Killdeer with at least one young one in tow.  Frederick County Bird 
Club President Kathy Calvert was looking at these birds when I 
left.  Other interesting birds near the pond were a 1st year male 
Orchard Oriole, a Brown Thrasher, and several Yellow Warblers.

I didn't see Dave Czaplak's post until I returned home to Bethesda 
about 4 p.m., so I'm glad that I decided earlier in the day to stop 
by at this very location.  Timing (and luck) is everything.

En route to the Soccerplex, which I decided to visit on the basis of 
earlier posts from Andy Martin, I stopped briefly at the part of 
Seneca Creek State Park that is accessed from Riffle Ford Rd.  2 
different Virginia Rails were calling from the marshy area about 1/4 
mile up the broad trail from where one parks by the road. A 
Yellow-throated Vireo was singing loudly in the same area, and I 
spied two female Black-throated Blue Warblers on the same branch.  Delightful!

Mike Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club, MOS
Bethesda, MD


At 03:54 PM 5/18/2010, Mary Ann Todd wrote:
>Soccerplex lake
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>Dave Czaplak
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>Sent from my iPhone

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