The Kentucky was singing loudly and persistently between 4:30 and 4:40 pm, just east of and downhill from the the ridge(picnic area 17)and from 50 to 200 feet from the path that heads downhill towards the creek from the northeast corner of the picnic area. I had great views of it as it flew from spice bush to spice bush, pausing to sing atop or near the top of each.
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:23:16 AM UTC-4, Hugh McGuinness wrote:
> Still singing incessantly at 10:10am. Very difficult to track down and requires stealthy bushwhacking.
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> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Scott Loss <scott......> wrote:
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> This morning, there was a KENTUCKY WARBLER (rare for DC) singing loudly and repeatedly east downhill from The Ridge at Rock Creek Park. The short story is that I eventually saw the bird for 45 glorious seconds as it fed out over Ross Rd. just east of Picnic Area 20.
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> The longer story: Biking between the equitation field and maintenance yard this morning around 7:45 am, I stopped at The Ridge and immediately heard an "off" Ovenbird-like call coming from the woods to the east. Because I have been hoping extra-hard for a Kentucky Warbler in DC, I flagged down Mardi Hastings and we unsuccessfully attempted to bushwhack after the bird to confirm its ID (I've already been tricked by Carolina Wren and Common Yellowthroat this year, the former of which was also singing in the area, along with an Ovenbird and Cardinal, which can also sound similar to Kentucky). Later, I told Wallace about the song, but noted that I wasn't confident enough to add it to the morning's list because I hadn't heard a Kentucky song in a few years.
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> On my way back downhill, I stopped again at The Ridge at 8:55 and the bird was heard singing again, almost immediately, just into the woods east of the road. Again, I bushwhacked after it, and it slowly moved away from me to the east. I ended up searching for 25 minutes, as it stopped singing for long periods, but eventually it sang again near Picnic Area 20 and I was able to see it over the road about 25 feet up for visual confirmation!
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> As I left The Ridge at 9:20, I could still hear it singing, and it sounded like it had moved back to its original position much closer to Ridge Rd.
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> On a final note, I thought I heard a Kentucky-like song yesterday morning just downhill from the equitation field along the road, but I wrote it off without searching for it. So perhaps the same bird, and hopefully it bird stays in the general area for a couple days.
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