I decided to check out the Mellwood Rd Dickcissel this morning about 10:30.  
When I got out of the car at the spot I heard the Dickcissel right away, but 
rather distant.  A short walk to the south soon had him right over my head in a 
tree.  But before that, as I was standing at the spot where the chunks of 
concrete block the drive, I heard a familiar "bink bink" sound.  At firt I wrote 
it off as a weird Barn Swallow call (there were dozens of them), but then I saw 
a bird flying that appeared to be uttering the notes.  I got the bins on him and 
could see it was a full breeding-plumaged Bobolink!  I followed him till he 
landed and saw him sitting in a shrub for a short while.  Also, I walked up the 
blocked lane a ways and confirmed that there was a second Dickcissel singing 
there.  Also heard Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Willow Flycatcher and 
Bobwhite.

Danny Bystrak
Bristol, MD AA Co.

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