Got off to a late start this morning, but ended up having a good day at Blue Mash trail in MoCo. Highlight was a Black Tern over pond close to Zion rd. I approached the pond at about 10:15am and started counting Canada Geese (153btw). While panning in the binos noticed the tern flying low. As soon as I saw it, it started gaining altitude and within about 30 sec flew off to the landfill (SW). I managed a few photos. The yellowbook late date is 10/16. Other notables were 2 purple finch and 2 white crowned sparrows and tons of ruby-crowned kinglets. 



Location:     Blue Mash Nature Trail 
 http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.19675,-77.099862&spn=0.006943,0.016512&t=h&z=17
Observation date:     10/10/10
Notes:     Highlight was the BLACK TERN over the pond. Stayed for about 30 seconds then moved on. Very late (yellowbook 10/16). Photos. Also Kinglets everywhere, FOS purple finch and white crowned.
Number of species:     44

Canada Goose     200+
Green-winged Teal     8
Ruddy Duck     4
Pied-billed Grebe     2
Great Blue Heron     2
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     5
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
hawk sp.     1
Killdeer     5
Black Tern     1
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     5
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Northern Flicker     4
Eastern Phoebe     2
Blue Jay     30
American Crow     2
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
House Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     50+
Eastern Bluebird     6
Hermit Thrush     2
American Robin     4
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     9
Cedar Waxwing     4
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     5
Palm Warbler     8
Common Yellowthroat     2
Eastern Towhee     3
Field Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     8
Swamp Sparrow     5
White-throated Sparrow     7
White-crowned Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     5
Purple Finch     2
American Goldfinch     8