Bob, and Jim,
 I have records of Chestnut-sided Warbler in Montgomery County for August 15, 1999 seen along Tucker Lane in Ashton, August 19, 2000 at Meadowside Nature Center, August 18, 2001 also at Meadowside, and August 18, 2004 at Layhill Park. I have them enterd in my AVISYS program, so they did not show up on E-Bird. Unless there is a simple way to enter all my AVISYS sightings they will not go into the E-Bird database.

Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD


Jim,
  Your Merlin is indeed a new record for Montgomery County beating by four
ays the old record of Aug. 25, 1973. However the earliest Chestnut-sided
arbler for the county was seen on Aug. 15, 2000 by Paul O'Brien at Upper
atts Branch Park. Perhaps you can persuade him to enter some old lists into
Bird.







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From: Bob Ringler <>
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Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Mont. Co.: Early Merlin, Ch. Sided, 5 Heron Sp., 2 Tern Sp.


Jim,
  Your Merlin is indeed a new record for Montgomery County beating by four
ays the old record of Aug. 25, 1973. However the earliest Chestnut-sided
arbler for the county was seen on Aug. 15, 2000 by Paul O'Brien at Upper
atts Branch Park. Perhaps you can persuade him to enter some old lists into
Bird.
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Jim Moore <> wrote:
>  Was surprised to discover this morning just as I was leaving to do some
 local birding, a small hawk perched atop a sycamore just outside my
 residence.  I was even more surprised when scope views confirmed it was a
 MERLIN.  They are uncommon in the county and it seemed early for them.  I
 just verified that this is the first August record of Merlin on eBird for
 Montgomery County.  Nice yard bird!

 The rest of my birding day was not too bad either.  The county rarities
 reported earlier in the week from Triadelphia reservoir/Greenbridge were
 gone, but a CASPIAN TERN remained.  Also had a migrating first year female
 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER in the surrounding woods.  Another all-time early
 fall migration date for the county for eBird.

 Checked Blue Mash for shorebirds and was disappointed to find that the
 heavy rains had replenished the pond behind the fence, and almost all the
 mud flats were now covered with water.  I did not see any shorebirds.

 At Violette's Lock I had two more CASPIAN TERNS and two FORSTER'S TERNS.

 At Hughes Hollow I had five herons species, headlined by the continuing
 juvenile SNOWY EGRET, which individual was, fortunately, easily identifiable
 by the distinct yellow lores.  There were also the continuing juvenile
 LITTLE BLUE HERONS (3), as well as the usual Great Blue and Green herons,
 and Great Egret, to make five heron species.

 I also stopped by Summit Hall Turf Farm, and found good numbers of
 shorebirds, but low diversity.  There were five LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
 thirty-four LEAST SANDPIPERS, and one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (and of course
 the usual Killdeer).

 Good birding!
 Jim Moore
 Rockville, Maryland
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