Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:57:09 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Rock Creek today 10/3 Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi all -- Quite a good day at Rock Creek Park DC but we could have used more eyes as there were far more birds than birders at the ridge, picnic area 17/18! Lots got through unidentified. Including Rob Anderson's birds from the maintenance yard, there were 15 warbler species and many other migrants. The Nature Center and "dog run" area were very quiet, however, as it was getting bright and breezy. Warblers: Black-throated Green (~25), Blackburnian (2), Blackpoll (1), Black-throated Blue (3), Cape May (1), Chestnut-sided (2), Hooded (1), Magnolia (2), Nashville (2), Parula (2), Palm (1, western), Redstart (4), Tennessee (3), Yellowthroat (~12) plus Rob's 4 Myrtles in the "yard." He also saw BT Green, Blue, Blackpoll, Magnolia, Palm, Parula, Nashville and Yellowthroat. Other migrants: Y-B Sapsucker (1), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1), Blue-headed Vireo (2), Red-eyed Vireo (15), Swainson's Thrush (4), Gray-cheeked Thrush (1), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3), Scarlet Tanager (6), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (3), House Wren (12), Brown Thrasher (3), Indigo Bunting (4), Lincoln's Sparrow (2), White-throated Sparrow (8), Chipping Sparrow (4), Swamp Sparrow (1), Phoebe (3), Pewee (2). 25 Flickers, fewer Catbirds. Robins and Blue Jays in good number as well. Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================