High activity but not too much diversity at Hughes Hollow this morning. A few highlights were a woodpecker sweep (without really having to move) which included FOS Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and also a nice cooperative Blue-Headed Vireo. List follows. 

I then stopped by Violette's Lock where I had a distant but satisfactory look at a CASPIAN TERN. Also present were some wood ducks, cormorants, a few great blue herons, and chimney swifts. On Sept 29th I had my FOS American Coot here. 

Yesterday, I struck out again trying for the Marsh Wren at pine lake in Wheaton RP, but a very nice consolation was a  LINCOLN'S SPARROW  hanging around a thicket on the southwest part of the lake. 


Location:     Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA
Observation date:     10/2/09
Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     30 (flyovers)
Great Blue Heron     2
Great Egret     4
Turkey Vulture     3
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Mourning Dove     2
Red-headed Woodpecker     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     7
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     8
Pileated Woodpecker     1   (heard only)
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Phoebe     4
Blue-headed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     20
American Crow     5
Carolina Chickadee     10
Tufted Titmouse     4
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Carolina Wren     2
House Wren     4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Eastern Bluebird     8
American Robin     5
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     3
Cedar Waxwing     2
Magnolia Warbler     2
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Palm Warbler      1
warbler sp.     1 
Song Sparrow     5
Swamp Sparrow     10
Northern Cardinal     10
Indigo Bunting     1
Common Grackle     5
American Goldfinch     6


Jared Fisher
North Bethesda, MD