Highlights of a walk in Leakin Park today (Weatheredsville Road 
to Winans Meadows) were good views of two male BAY-BREASTED 
WARBLERS and of one GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH.  We had several 
lively spots with birds. 

Other highlights included Rough-winged swallows flying close to the 
ground down Weatheredsville Road, making their little grunting noises; 
one alighting on the ground to pick up nesting material.  We had good 
views of four Veerys and three Swainson's Thrushes.  At one point, a 
Veery and Swainson's Thrush were in the same binocular view feeding 
on the road.  It was great seeing the two birds clearly side by side; the 
Veery looked so rufous next to the other bird.  We saw several White-
throated Sparrows, still.   We had our first INDIGO BUNTINGS and 
one YELLOW-THROATED VIREO; enjoyed a flock of CEDAR 
WAXWINGS, and 13 species of warbler. 

The Gray-cheeked Thrush we saw was in good light.  It had buff on its 
upper breast and bold spots.  It had a barely visible eye ring, not the 
wide buffy eye ring of a Swainson's Thrush.  We good light on the cheek 
and it was a grayish color.    There wasn't the "warmer rufous" on the 
primaries and tail that Sibley describes for Bicknell's; but I noticed 
the primaries did appear subtly a warmer color.  

Species:

Great Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Peewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren 
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush 
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow