I just came back from an evening walk thru wood thrush city!  At least that's how it felt.  I live just above Sligo Creek Park just upstream from Piney Branch, and can walk from my door down thru the woods to come out at the tennis courts.  Today between 7:30 and 8:30 pm I walked only about a half mile out  (to Park Valley Rd, I think).  Starting with the ones heard before I even left our (that is Top of the Park's)  woods and got into the park, I counted at least 7 probably 8 wood thrushes.  You are never out of earshot of them for more than a minute walking there--it's really rather magical, esp. in the evening like this.  Only thing I missed was - there's usually a veery in one part of that stretch, and I didn't hear it.  (Haven't so far this year, but I haven't walked there in the pm so much as past years.)  Lovely to hear so many wood thrushes though, and thanks to eBird for making me actually count them!
Patricia Wood
Silver Spring

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