Hi all --

Traffic issues forced us to park at Brookside and walk through to Wheaton
Park, but this proved to be a good thing as we picked up a couple of late
migrants there. Otherwise rather slow, only expected birds of the season --
most sparrows except Song have declined. Ran into a few flocks of Waxwings
and 100s of Robins gorging on berries at the gardens. No hummers but we are
still watching the pineapple sage!

Birds of interest:

Belted Kingfisher - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (heard only)
GRAY CATBIRD - 1 (gardens)
Cedar Waxwing - 50+
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Myrtle Warbler - 2
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER - 1 (male)
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 1 (adult female in gardens)
Field Sparrow - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 12 (major decline)
White-throated Sparrow - 6 (also large decline)
Song Sparrow - 20+
Dark-eyed Junco - 10+
Eastern Towhee - 6
Common Grackle - 15

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD