Hi all --

We had always thought the many bare snags at Brookside Gardens and Wheaton
Regional Park looked good for Olive-sideds but no luck util today -- a nice
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER sitting up in the Gardens proper -- at one point not
too high up in a small tree, allowing good looks. The bird then flew across
the gardens to perch for some time on a tall bare tree near the conservatory
(where the butterfly exhibit is). It sallied out a number of times after
insects, sat and preened and showed its white "puffs." It then flew off in
the direction of the Nature Center so anyone looking or this bird should
check the tall snags near there as well.

We started out in Wheaton Park in solid overcast, just east of the train
station, then worked our way along Pine Lake, and then around to the
Gardens. By the time we got there the sun had come out. It was definitely a
day for flycatchers, we had 8 species including some nice looks at Least and
Yellow-bellied. Warbler numbers were only so-so, enough action to keep you
looking but not overwhelming.

Birds of interest:

Green Heron - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1
Eastern Wood-pewee - 12
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 2 (one looked like Alder, being bright and contrasty
with long primary projections)
Acadian Flycatcher - 1 (bright juvie)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 2 (one in WRP, one in Gardens)
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2 (one near train station, one back side of Pine Lake)
Cedar Waxwing - 20+ (flyover)
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 10 (all males, at one time we had 5 together in one bush)
Red-eyed Vireo - 10
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Black-and-White Warbler - 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler - 3
Ovenbird - 2
American Redstart - 8
Common Yellowthroat - 9
(another birder had a Tennessee Warbler)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 7-8
Chipping Sparrow - 12

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD