Date: 8/29/12 9:37 am
From: Wallace Kornack <wallace...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Rock Creek Park, Wednesday 8/29


This morning (8/29) at Rock Creek Park�.

Had a nice warbler fallout at the equitation field consisting mainly of numerous Blackburnian and Chestnut-sided Warblers. Jim and Dan found a Hooded Warbler in the Paulonia Tree in the maintenance yard. Another highlight was the sighting of a Blackpoll Warbler.

Warblers: Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Canada, Magnolia, Redstart, Yellowthroat, Blue-winged, Black-and-white, Hooded

----Equitation Field
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER 13+
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 15+
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER 2 (Tim)
MAGNOLIA WARBLER 3
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER 2 (Tim)
American Redstart 8+
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper's Hawk flyby
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow

----Ridge
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart 5
Barred Owl heard
Common Nighthawk flyby
Chimney Swift 15+
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Carolina Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 8+
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Towhee
Common Grackle 4

---Parking Lot and Fence Line
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
Carolina Wren

----Maintenance Yard
HOODED WARBLER female (Jim, Dan)
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 3
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Restart 2
Great Blue Heron flyby
Common Nighthawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker 8
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo 2
VEERY
Scarlet Tanager
BALTIMORE ORIOLE 13+

Observers: Tim Boucher, Ellen Paul, Marjorie Rachlin, Jim Lemert, Dan Eberly, Mardi Hastings

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington DC


































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