Went to Frederick County again today to Point of Rocks and Landers. There were PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS singing at both spots. Very hard to find here in Howard. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE and YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS were a first of the year for me. 

Most exciting were the odonates with the finding of an adult Chesapeake Snaketail .....Ophiogomphus species..(yet underscribed) only the second ever found in MD.

http://flic.kr/p/bBKRY5

There were hundreds of Cobra Clubtails emerging also. Quite a spectacle. An interesting fact I learned was that these emerging dragonflies are a favorite food of nesting birds....and these are emerging early. How might this effect the breeding birds? 

Went to Daniels area of patapsco this evening trying to hear the morning’s Worm-eating Warbler but no luck. There were about a dozen WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS along the river but they are certainly dwindling.

Bonnie Ott

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