Alexandria Hospital birding
Robert (robert@csa.com)
Thu, 06 May 1999 10:43:17 -0400
At 04:49 PM 5/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> Paula, I used to watch warblers there in May, the year that I worked there.
>> I snuck out behind the loading dock and in to the woods, taking a very
>> early lunch in the process....memories!
>
>Rob,
>
>And here I thought I was the only one who has ever birded there! I'm so
>glad to know that you had also found the grounds of the hospital to be a
>good place for warblers in May. I've lived in this neighborhood since
>1972, but have been keeping track of the birds I see in the hospital
>woods for only about 6-7 years. I find the best place is the deep ravine
>close to Jordan Street, although Chestnut-sided seem to favor the area
>under the power line behind Ivanhoe Street where trees have been topped
>periodically, resulting in shorter, brushier trees.
>
>Paula
>
Paula,
This was in 1980 and I never went too far away from the parking lot behind
the loading dock.....I was only there that one spring. My early lunch hour
sometimes started at 9:30 am and then I still had to go buy lunch at noon!
I don't recall seeing anything truly unusual though one bird gave me fits
until I finally decided it was *not* a female Cerulean Warbler.
Rob