Migrants at Rock Creek Park, DC
GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU
Sat, 5 Sep 98 13:41:26 EDT
There was a very good flight of migrants at Rock Creek Park, DC, including
some star birds:
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (1) -- Maintenance Yard
Philadelphia Vireo (1) -- Ridge Rd.
Least Flycatcher (1) -- Maintenance Yard
Other species included Blackburnian, Black and White, Black-throated Blue,
Black-throated Green, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Blue-winged, Canada, Cape
May, Chestnut-sided, Kentucky, Magnolia, Nashville, Parula, Prairie, Tennessee,
Worm-eating Warbler, Ovenbird, Yellowthroat, Red-eyed Vireo, Acadian, "Traill's
and Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-pewee, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager,
Veery, Swainson's and Wood Thrushes, Indigo Bunting, Cedar Waxwings, Ruby
throated Hummingbird. One of the latter was found dead, fatally caught by
the prickley fruit of a burdock. We also had two Cuckoos fly over, but
not sure of species (probably Yellow-billed).
Bill Dobbins is the proud finder of the Clay-colored Sparrow, which we think
is the fifth record for DC.
Gail Mackiernan
Silver Spring, MD
gail@umdd.umd.edu