This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01BEA0B1.BA69BD20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My family and I went up to Catoctin Ridge in hopes of finding warblers, = but we were somewhat dissapointed. I found a Worm-eating Warbler high on = a slope and a Louisiana Waterthrush near the base of the ridge on = Fishing Creek Road. Higher up, we found a female Hooded along the side = of the road. There were a lot of Black-and-white Warblers all over. = Almost every place we stopped we could either hear at least 2 and we = usually saw a pair. Quite a few American Redstarts as well, singing many = different types of songs to confuse us. With the lack of birds there, we = decided to head back to Northern VA. At Monticello, I saw a Magnolia = Warbler and lots of Blackpoll Warblers. I saw 2 gray-cheeked thrushes as = well. Then at Dyke Marsh, we found several Marsh Wrens singing and one = was fluttering up over the reeds. As we were watching the wren, a Least = Bittern flew just over the tops of the reeds. I have always heard that there are Warbling Vireos nesting at Dyke = Marsh/Belle Haven. Where exaclty in this area can they be found? I have = looked alomst every year without success. I think I know what they sound = like, but I don't remember ever hearing them there. Is earlier in the = day better, or are they active all day? Thanks Matt O'Donnell, 18 Burke, VA Matt_O@att.net ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01BEA0B1.BA69BD20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">