Hi all,
   
    Driven by birding  intuition, I decided to bird Lake Needwood in Rockville along the western side(Lake side trail); I wasn't disappointed.  Birds were everywhere!  I did a mini big sit and stayed in one area for about 2 hours.  Here is a list of what was seen & heard:
   
  Time: 11:30am-4:30pm Lakeside trail & Blue Heron trail
   
  6 American Redstarts
  3 Black & White Warblers
  3 Chesnut sided Warblers
  1 Hooded Warbler
  3 Black thrt Blue Warblers
  1 Blue winged Warbler
  2 Parula Warblers
  4 Magnolia Warblers (fall imm)
  2 Yellow throats
  1 Ovenbird
  1 Canada Warbler
  3 Baltimore Orioles
  1 Red winged blackbird
  2 Red eyed Vireo
  1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO
  1 White eyed Vireo
  3 Rose breasted Grosbeaks
  3 Ruby throated Hummingbirds
  1 Scarlet Tanager (molting male)
  2 Eastern Bluebirds
  12 Gray Catbirds
  1 Northern Mockingbird
  1 Veery
  15 American Robins (feeding heavy in wild cherry)
  2 Brown Thrashers
  15 Carolina Chickadees
  8 Tufted Titmouse
  3 White breasted Nuthatches
  4 Turkey Vultures
  3 Black Vultures
  1 Red tailed Hawk
  1 Red shouldered Hawk
  1 Cooper's Hawk
  2 Carolina Wrens
  1 Acadian Flycatcher
  1 unident. flycatcher
  1 Wood Peewee
  1 Eastern Phoebe ( quick stop at Bluegill Pond/Meadowside)
  1 Belted Kingfisher
  7 Mallards
  8 Canada Geese (Needwood Pond)
   
  Good birding,
  D.Ford/Bethesda