This afternoon I was at Hughes Hollow at a time when none of the other Ospreyers were there, and blissfully ignorant of the Marsh Wren and Sora.  While I saw neither of those species, I did see the/a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 3 BUFFLEHEAD, and the male RING-NECKED DUCK.  I didn't count the HOODED MERGANSERS, but there were more than 6 in a family group, looking fairly large and quite well-feathered.

Steven Jones (?) and I had sub-optimal views of an
 AMERICAN BITTERN, which flushed from near the main dike, in the southeast corner (near the dike, on the right in the second impoundment on the right).  7 AMERICAN COOTS were also present.  

2 PIED-BILLED GREBES were present: 1 bird called from the far end of the first impoundment on the right, while another called from the far end of the big impoundment.  This latter bird I eventually saw, near the Hooded Mergansers.  

I too looked for yesterday's Cattle Egret but didn't see it.  

Rob Hilton
Silver Spring

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