Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 20:02:30 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Rock Creek 5/1 and 5/2 Hi all -- first, sorry not to have posted yesterday's birds yesterday -- it was one of those evenings! On Monday, May 1, a visit to Rock Creek DC in the vicinity of picnic areas 17/18 and the nature center yielded good numbers of migrants, highlighted by 15 species of warbler (and one hybrid): ca. 100 Yellow-rumped, 5 Yellowthroats, 1 Blackpoll (male), 5 Black-throated Blue, 2 Magnolia, 1 Chestnut-sided, 1 Nashville, 3 Redstarts, 6 Black-throated Green, 8 Blue-winged (two singing odd songs but phenotypically Blue-wings), 1 Brewster's (male), 3 Yellow, 5 Parulas, 2 Palm, 12 Black and White, 10 Ovenbirds, 1 Wormeating, 5 Great Crested Flycatchers, 1 Phoebe, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 2 Purple Finches, ca. 20 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 4-5 Veeries, 12 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, ca. 35 White- throated Sparrows, 2 Swamp Sparrows, 4 Red-eyed Vireos, 3 Blue-headed Vireos, ca. 120 Blue Jays flying N., 1 late Junco. Today (5/2) there were also good numbers, and again 15 species of warbler seen, but the mix was interestingly different. We had our first (for us, that is) Baltimore Orioles (4), Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (2), Indigo Buntings (2), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1) and Swainson's Thrush (1). Other species included (in warblers): 1 Tennessee, 1 Nashville, 1 Northern Waterthrush, 1 Blackpoll, 3 Redstarts, 6 Black-throated Blue, 12 Black-throated Green, 6 Parula, 10 Black and White, 4 Yellowthroats, 15 Ovenbirds, 4 Blue-winged, 2 Chestnut-sided, ca. 80 Yellow-rumps, 3 Wormeating. Other birds included 1 Purple Finch, 4 Scarlet Tanagers, 4 Veerys, 8 Wood Thrushes, 12 Red-eyed and 2 Blue-headed vireos, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Swamp and one Savannah Sparrow. Gail Mackiernan Silver Spring, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================