Didn't find a lot of birds at LB today, but it was very enjoyable because
the weather was great, and most of the birds were singing.  Migrants were
scarce:  3 gnatcatchers, 2 or 3 La. Waterthrushes singing vigorously.  I
guess the phoebe building a nest on the utility wires where they go into the
old schoolhouse is a migrant also, albeit short-distance.

A female bluebird was very busy building a nest in one the boxes; her mate
was sitting in a nearby tree, looking magnificent - moral support, anyway.

Field sparrows and towhees were singing everywhere.  Maybe the best song was
that of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  Not quite the same song they sing on the
breeding grounds, but quite recognizable.

A Fish Crow flew over, croaking.  Shouldn't they be over along the coast by
now?

I heard a couple of bird songs I couldn't identify:
1. "Knee-deep", always on one pitch, very musical, repeated every few
seconds until I tried to get closer, when it stopped and wasn't heard again.
2. A series of 8-10 single notes repeated about once a second, but not quite
regularly spaced.  Sometimes the series was followed by an extended musical
rising trill.  This was much louder than the Song Sparrow singing from the
same bush.

Any suggestions as to IDs?

    Bob Hartman
    Colesville, MD

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