I guess I'm the third person to have independently found the MARSH WREN 
this morning at Hughes Hollow (I was there around 9 AM, so that makes 
Jared the official discoverer). ;-)  Also of note was a singing RUSTY 
BLACKBIRD (doing its soft gurgling song) and a surprising variety of 
ducks given the time of year: in addition to the breeding Wood Ducks and 
Hooded Mergansers, there was also a latish pair of GADWALL, a 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, three BUFFLEHEAD, and a RING-NECKED DUCK.

While unsuccessfully trying for the one day wonder Cattle Egrets on 
Sugarland road, I had a FOY male BOBOLINK.  This is only the second 
eBird record of the year for Maryland, and the earliest ever eBird 
record for Montgomery County by seven days.  I also had the WILSON'S 
SNIPE previously reported by Jim Green at the Cattle Egret pond, and a 
small flock of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWs.

In Howard County at the Hipsley Mill Road access to Patuxent River Park, 
I had seven species of warbler, including a WORM-EATING WARBLER, PRAIRIE 
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULAs, LOUISIANA 
WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.  I also had 
a late FOX SPARROW.  This is the latest eBird record ever for Howard 
County.  (Trail was flooded and muddy, so I recommend wellies if you go 
here).

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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