Several good birds out today during surveys. Best was an olive-sided
flycatcher at Ft DuPont.
10:08am - park entrance off Alabama Avenue, SE. Between the bathhouse and
meadow restoration project. There is a large snag in the middle, set back
30 yards into the woods. It was sitting on top with a ruby-throated
hummingbird. Never vocalized and went into canopy. I did not stick around
to see if it returned. Flycatcher profile.Larger than a peewee. Smaller
than a kingbird. Sat up nicely. Dark wings, gray flanks, great view of
white down the middle of the breast.
This was a great area during migration. Everything from blue-headed vireos
to blackburnians to Wilson's warblers. There is a homeless guy who lives in
the building. He has never given me any trouble, but just be aware that he
is usually there.
Other good birds on the east side of Ft Dupont this morning were:
scarlet tanager - 2 males
northern parula - male
veery - 1
wood thrush - 3
Acadian flycatcher - 4
great-crested flycatcher - pair copulating
eastern wood-peewee - 4
red-eyed vireo - 6
Eastern towhee - 1 female
ruby-throated hummingbird - 1
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