Birded the north end of Lake Needwood this morning, joined for part of 
the time by Jeff Shenot, looking for the GWWA reported by Ron Johnson 
(nice find Ron!).  No luck, but we did see a BLACKBURNIAN (I think Jeff 
had another before I arrived) and a WORM-EATING WARBLER.  The former 
certainly a migrant and the latter probably so.

Have not been there in a while and noticed that the dredging operation 
at the lake is now over, and the water level is high, so did not see any 
shorebirds.

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
PLEASE REPORT YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS to http://ebird.org/

On 8/22/2011 9:56 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> I walked from Needwood Mansion to the bridge at Needwood Road for a
> few hours this morning. I got good looks at a beautiful Golden-Winged
> Warbler adult male as it foraged in the River Birch along the roadside
> near the bridge. That's a life bird for me. It was joined by another
> warbler, likely a Pine but not certain. With the cool dry breeze, it
> made for a great morning walk. The full eBird list is below.
>
> Ron Johnson
> Derwood, Montgomery County MD
>
> Lake Needwood, Montgomery, US-MD
> Aug 22, 2011 6:30 AM - 8:40 AM
>
> Canada Goose  170
> Wood Duck  1
> Mallard  5
> Double-crested Cormorant  1
> Great Blue Heron  2
> Green Heron  2
> Buteo sp.  1
> Mourning Dove  1
> Belted Kingfisher  1
> Downy Woodpecker  1
> Northern Flicker  2
> Pileated Woodpecker  1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
> Eastern Kingbird  1
> Red-eyed Vireo  4
> Blue Jay  3
> American Crow  2
> crow sp.  1
> Carolina Chickadee  15
> Tufted Titmouse  8
> White-breasted Nuthatch  2
> Carolina Wren  4
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
> Eastern Bluebird  5
> Wood Thrush  1
> American Robin  14
> Gray Catbird  5
> Northern Mockingbird  1
> Golden-winged Warbler  1     clear ID, yellow crown, black bib, broad
> yellow wing spot, white belly and coverts, black band through eye with
> white bands above and below
> warbler sp.  1     likely a Pine Warbler, 2 wing bars, yellowish
> breast with some light streaking, white coverts
> Eastern Towhee  1
> Northern Cardinal  8
> Indigo Bunting  1
> American Goldfinch  7
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
>
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