Hi all,
 
  Finally got to Hughes Hollow to check out the Little Blue Herons (yes, they were there)
and the other birds. It was nice to be serenaded by the House Wren along the the impoundment dike. Overall,  it was pretty quiet each place I visited. The swallows were abundant along the river.
 
Friday 7/30
H/H
 
Little Blue Herons  about 6  birds (that I could see)
Great Egrets
Great Blue Herons
Green backed Herons
Indigo Bunting
House Wren
Red shouldered Hawks 2
Great Crestd Flycatcher
Gray Catbirds
Yellow billed Cuckoo (heard)
Barn Swallow 1
Tree Swallows
Red winged Blackbird
Turkey Vulture
Red bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
 
Violette Lock: (brief visit)
 
Great Blue Herons
Great Egret 1
Green backed Heron 1
Red winged Blackbird
Double crestd Cormorants
Rough winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Turkey Vulture
Canada Geese
 
Lake Needwood ,
Rockville
Great Egrets  2
Great Blue Herons
Green backed Herons 2
Least Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated (?) flew off before good id)
Spotted Sandpiper 2-3
Killdeer 5+
Mallards
Canada Geese
Red shouldered Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Bluebird
 
D.Ford, Bethesda, Md