Paul Pisano wrote:

> After seeing the Gray Kingbird in MD with Paul O'Brien and Rob Hilton, Rob &
> I stopped at Kenilworth Park in NE DC.  It was quite birdy too, with the
> highlight being 15 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.  This is a very high number for DC.
> Other birds of interest include:
> 
> 1 GREAT EGRET
> 1 female AMERICAN KESTREL
> c.30 CHIMNEY SWIFTS
> c.24 TREE SWALLOWS
> c.40 PALM WARBLERS (mostly Yellows)
> Lots of SONG SPARROWS, plus a few SWAMPS and WHITE-THROATEDS.
> 
> Good birding,
> Paul Pisano
> Arlington, VA
> 


Many of these same birds were present on Sunday am at the same place - 
Kenilworth Park - with the addition of about 20 Savannah Sparrows, 4 
Field Sparrows, and a Lincoln's Sparrow, and perhaps fewer Palm Warblers 
(all but one, Yellow). But alas, the Eastern Meadowlarks were nowhere to 
be found. Did they re-locate elsewhere in the DC vicinity? Or had they 
stopped for just one day and continued on their way south?

Fred Fallon
Bowie MD