Hi Everybody: I took a short trip back to my work with my wife this
evening. It is a 90+ acre facility (on private property off of Riffleford
Rd. near Darnestown. We were slowly driving around the area (which has
mixed habitat including a small stream running through the property, some
forest, fields, several Christmas tree groves, etc.. Amongst a small flock
of Chipping Sparrows and E. Bluebirds I saw one bird on the ground eating a
large bug and wagging its tail (not a Phoebe). As I got closer it was an
Eastern Race PALM WARBLER. After finishing its meal it flew into a nearby
15-foot spruce tree. As I slowly approached the tree and started spishing
the yellow palm flew off and several seconds later I had a brown (WESTERN)
PALM WARBLER pop up from the ground and into the same tree. This is only
the third time that I remember seeing Palm Warblers on the property and
they have always been the Yellow Race in the past.
Jim Green
Gaithersburg, MD
work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!!!
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