White-rumped SP still there at 7:15 pm. Could not find the Semipalm 
Plover though.

Also, there was a nice swallow show at Violette's Lock earlier today. 
Many swallows over river (mostly the rapids part) and one of recent high 
water flows stranded a log with branches on top of Seneca Breaks fairly 
close to MD shore. I enjoyed some good looks (through scope) of perched 
Cliff and Bank Swallows, along with Tree, Barn, and Purple Martins.

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg

On 5/18/2010 4:53 PM, Michael Bowen wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Dave Czaplak
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>
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