Hi Everyone,
I had the day off today and decided I would take advantage of what I suspected would be great owing to yesterday's cold front.� I wish I could have gotten out earlier, but I biked over to Rock creek at 9 am and birded both the usual areas from the equine field to the Nature Center and Maintenance Yard for about 2 hours.� While the birding was okay, I decided to head across Military road to Fort DeRussey and up to upper Beach Drive.�
Highlights included12 Warbler species, my FOY Yellow-billed Cuckoo (wow, that took awhile!), Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Least Flycatcher.� I also had quick views of what I thought was a immature Hooded Warbler in the maintenace yard and I'm pleased to see Wallace's crew got one in the same place this morning.� I was also happy to see my first migrant and FOS Veery and Swainson's Thrush near the Stables.
Here's the total list:
Black Vulture� 1
Mourning Dove� 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo� 3� (saw 1, heard 2)
Chimney Swift�20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird� 5� -� (liked my red bike helmet!)
Red-bellied Woodpecker� 5
Downy Woodpecker� 4
Hairy Woodpecker� 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)� 3
Pileated Woodpecker� 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee� 5
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)� 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher� 1� -� Very yellow overall.� active.
Least Flycatcher 1�
- � Big head - bigger than rest of body. Photos taken.
Great Crested Flycatcher� 1
Red-eyed Vireo� 12
Carolina Chickadee� 11
Tufted Titmouse� 8
White-breasted Nuthatch� 4
House Wren� 3� -� in weeds near creek.
Carolina Wren� 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher� 11
Veery� 1� � eating berries - photo taken. light brown breast spots, light brown back
Swainson's Thrush� 1 - � buffy face and eye ring.� dark chest spots.
American Robin� 50
Gray Catbird� 2
European Starling� X
Ovenbird� 1� � Ft. DeRussey
Black-and-white Warbler� 2�
- � Ft. DeRussey & upper Beach Drive
Common Yellowthroat� 4� -� in weeds at Maintenance Yard & Upper Beach Drive
Hooded Warbler� 1 - � in with Yellowthroats in the weeds at the Maintenance yard.Yellow warbler with faint hood visible. Flew up into a tree and then away.
American Redstart� 8
Magnolia Warbler� 1 - � Ft. DeRussey
Bay-breasted Warbler� 1� -� got a good look at pale, yellowish legs
Blackburnian Warbler� 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler� 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler� 1
Canada Warbler� 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal� 14
Common Grackle� 9
Brown-headed Cowbird� 12 - flock by side of road
Baltimore Oriole� 5
House Finch� 2� -� behind nature center at feeder.
American Goldfinch� 4
Good Birding!
Jason Berry
Washington, DC
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