Re: warbler spot

J B Churchill (jbc@caf.wvu.edu)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:07:04 -0500 (EST)


	My favorite Warbler Spots ... I kind of like North Branch to Spring Gap 
on the Potomac River in Allegany County though just about anyplace on the C&O 
canal can be good.  One of my fondest memories is birding at Seneca in early 
May.  I was overwhelmed by the numbers of warblers (and variety too) that I saw 
there that spring morning.  I was just learning the birds then (not that I have 
stopped learning).  Some of the warblers were way up in those enormous 
Sycamores, but the singing was so intense and there were just so many birds.  
	I have only done Monticello Park in VA a few times, but I would agree 
with Todd Day, that it is a good spot.  The birds come right down to a tiny 
stream that runs through the park to bathe.  That MD/DC area birdfinding book of 
Claudia Wilds' described the whole phenomenon pretty well.  This is one of the 
few places that I ever managed to get decent warbler photos.  
	J.B.
                                                       
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