Hi all,
 
  I would like to proclaim this "Chesnut-sided Warbler" Day, and "Rose breasted Grosbeak" Day, as they seemed everywhere!  There were so many birds singing, my ears where overloaded trying to sort out which was which! 
My first stop was at Saul Road at the hiker biker trail about 8:15am.

Black thrtd Blue Warbler  2
Black thrtd Green Warbler  2
Chesnut-sided Warbler  3  (some heard only)
Canada Warbler  1
Ovenbird  2
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Parula Warbler  3-4  
Rose breasted Grosbeaks  4 ( 2 males, 2 females feeding on birch buds)
Bluejay
Scarlet Tanager   1
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Great crested Flycatcher  3
Acadian Flycatcher  2
Red eyed Vireo
Mallard  3 ( 2 drakes chasing hen)
Swainson's Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  2
Red bellied wp  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Cardinal
Gray Catbird

Meadowside Nature Center " the ridge"

PURPLE MARTIN  1
Magnolia Warbler  1-2
Black thrt Blue 3
Black thrt Green  2-3
Chesnut sided Warbler  4- all singing males
Blue winged Warbler  1 (male)
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black & White Warbler  2
Louisiana Waterthrush   2
Common Yellowthroat  4
Northern Parula      4
Ovenbird  3
Yellow rumped Warbler  1
Canada Warbler  1
Bay breasted Warbler  1 (male feeding high in White Oak)
Baltimore Oriole  1-2
Yellow thrt Vireo  1
Red eyed Vireo  4
Acadian Flycatcher  3
Great crestd Flycatcher 2
Rose breasted Grosbeak  2
Wood Thrush  2
Gray Catbird  3
Swainson's Thrush  2
American Goldfinches
Carolina Wren  4
Rufous sided Towhee  3
White throated Sparrows  6
Scarlet Tanager  2
Red shouldered Hawk  1
Solitary Sandpipers  5 ( in shallow creek area near Lake Frank)
Mallard  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Common Crow  2
Fish Crow  1

D.Ford/Bethesda, Md.

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