Dear All

Again a very pleasant 90 minutes of birding to start the day today.  
Reasonable numbers of birds moving although I did think that the two-day 
deluge might have grounded more.  Everything below is in the Maintenance 
Yard unless otherwise stated:

Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 4+
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 (1 male, 2 female)
Yellowthroat 1
Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Peewee 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Indigo Bunting 8+
Scarlet Tanager 4
Phoebe 1 (plus one at the Dog Run)
Flicker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8+
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4+
Catharus thrush sp 1

Plus goodly numbers of Robins moving and Blue Jays were in with a bump 
too.  Chimney Swifts were moving in numbers with an impressive covering of 
the sky in loose formations for the first few hours of the day.

At home (Veazey St NW DC) there was a Cooper's Hawk late morning and House 
Wren and Yellowthroat early afternoon.

Bird of the day for me was the Lincoln's Sparrow (tick!), kindly pointed 
out and subsequently discussed by all present in the 'yard.  The juncos and 
Wh th Sparrow were the first I've seen this autumn.  Having seen a few 
Yellow-rumped Warblers around the house in the week I was expecting to be 
knee-deep in them this morning - but not even a sniff of one all day.  Ah 
well, birding would be boring if it were too predictable...

Gary