Re: Elliott Island
Thomas Stock (TSTOCK@FMSHRC.GOV)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:10:33 -0500
Tyler Bell wrote: "Seems like the last 2 years there was a
Swainson's Warbler at the Virginia side of Great Falls."
Still?!? I saw my life Swainson's Warbler at Great Falls on
May 29, 1976.
Then, almost 10 years later, after seeing more of them in
the Dismal Swamp, I again encountered one at Great Falls on
May 18, 1985 - a sighting made after stalking a singing bird
through mud, skunk cabbage, water, you name it, I was a
mess - but a happy mess after seeing the warbler, who
seemed oblivious to me, not ten feet away singing his heart out!
I think this might be a dynasty of pioneer warblers. I wonder if
they're all related....
Tom Stock, who usually just lurks on this list
Silver Spring, MD
tstock@fmshrc.gov