Mourning the warblers
Rob Hilton (robert@csa.com)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:16:24 -0400
At 11:52 AM 9/14/98 EDT, GAIL Mackernan (and Barry Cooper) wrote:
>Well, we thought it would be a slow day at Rock Creek Park, DC -- wrong
>winds, wrong weather patterns, hot...you know. Our predictions were right
>in one regard, we saw maybe 20 warblers tops, and most just in one flock
>at about 7 am -- but what the birds lacked in quantity they made up in
>quality and diversity:
>
>Connecticut Warbler (1, YOY), Golden-winged Warbler (1, adult male), [snip]
grrrr....(-; You know, I almost went there this morning. Sigh. Tomorrow!
>Yesterday at Rock Creek, it was also slow but a few fortunate birders (which
>did not include us) were treated to *two* Mourning Warblers, one an adult
>male at the "dog field" which they watched for 30 minutes as it fed in the,
>you guessed it, Giant Ragweed.
Yes, one was an adult male! The other was probably a young bird, which
didn't allow us good views. There was also an adult male Com.
Yellowthroat, a Nashville Warbler, and at the very end of the time a
White-eyed Vireo, all in the same patch of Giant Ragweed.
Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com
Bethesda