Date: 8/18/12 8:31 am
From: Wallace Kornack <wallace...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Rock Creek Park, Saturday 8/18


This morning at Rock Creek Park�.

American Redstart was seen in all locations. Ovenbird, Northern Parula and Yellow-billed Cuckoo made their first appearance of the fall season.

Warblers: Redstart, Black-and-white, Blackburnian, Parula, Ovenbird

----Equitation Field
American Redstart 2
Chimney Swift 6+
Red-Bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5+
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher 3+
Carolina Chickadee

----Ridge
Black-and-white Warbler 6
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Stephen)
American Redstart
NORTHERN PARULA
OVENBIRD
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Northern Flicker
Downy woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-billed Cuckoo probably
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Carolina Chickadee 8+
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Towhee 2
Cedar Waxwing 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow 3
Mourning Dove 3
American Goldfinch

---Maintenance Yard Parking Lot
American Redstart 3
Downy Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER 2
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Carolina Chickadee 3
House Sparrow 6+

----Fence Line
American Redstart 4
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo heard

----Maintenance Yard
American Redstart
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Carolina Chickadee
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Observers: Stephen Jones, Sally, Chip Chipley, Rob Hilton, Lisa Shanon

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington DC



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