Hi all,
 
  Went up to Blue Mash Nature Trail on this crisp autumn morning; it was pretty birdy. I had the whole place to myself.  The first surprise was flushing an AMERICAN WOODCOCK by the large pond, and the second was getting good looks at what I made out to be a Black capped Chickadee.  This chickadee had a LOT of  White on the wing edges,  very crisp, with a ragged bib. It 'chick a dee----dee" was slower- I've seen this species in West Virginia mountains quite a few times.
There was work going in the landfill area, so it was noisy, Only the Ruddy Duck on the big pond.
Later at Lake Needwood, (scheduled to be dredged this winter) I had 3 Rusty Blackbirds,
and a Great Egret that only had 1 leg. It's right leg was gone from the elbow down. It was still feeding good. 
 
Blue Mash
American Woodcock  1
American Robins
White thr sparrow
white crowned sparrow 2-3
song sparrow
field sparrow
chippies
Fos sparrow
swamp sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow (quick glimpse0
Rufous sided Towhee 2
Cedar Waxwings  7
Bluejay
Palm Warbler
Yellow rumped Warblers  5
Orange crowned Warbler  1 feeding in Pokeweed
Eastern Blue bird
BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE  1
Great Blue heron
Red shouldered Hawk, Red tailed Hawk
TV, BV
Pied billed Grebe (small pond)
Canada Geese
Mallard
Ruddy Duck  1
Northern Mockingbird
northern Flicker
Downy wp
red bellied wp
Pileated wp.
 
Lake Needwood:
Song Sparrow
White throated sparrow
swamp sparrow
winter wren
american goldfinch
RS Hawk
Brown Creeper 2
Great Egret  1 (lost right leg-still thriving)
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
RUSTY BLACKBIRD  3
Hermit thrush 1
 
D.Ford/ bethesda, Md