I had a Swainson's Thrush to add to today's list. It was down on the 
bridle path a little past the Maintenance Yard. I also saw a couple of 
Broad-winged Hawks very high up.

John Beetham

Gail B. Mackiernan <> wrote:
> Hi all --
>
> Rock Creek Park DC was very good today as well, though not quite as exceptional as yesterday -- however, the highlight (seen by a lucky few which did NOT include us, alas!) was a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER seen in the Maintenance Yard. This species is being seen less and less frequently at Rock Creek -- a decade ago we had days with multiple sightings and over a season, a number of reports. Now it seems to be one or two a season -- if that.
>
> Birds seen by us and others (or heard only because of foliage!) included:
>
> Warblers:
>
> Black-and-White (6)
> Blackburnian (1)
> Black-throated Blue (12)
> Black-throated Green (~15)
> Blackpoll (3)
> Blue-winged (4)
> Blue-winged hybrid-type (1, appeared like a dull BW but with greenish wings, yellow wingbars, and incomplete dark lores)
> Cape May (1)
> Chestnut-sided (4)
> Golden-winged (1)
> Hooded (5!)
> Magnolia (4)
> Myrtle (~75)
> Nashville (3)
> Ovenbird (10)
> Parula (4)
> Worm-eating (1)
> Yellowthroat (2)
>
> Other Migrants:
>
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo (3)
> Black-billed Cuckoo (1, reported by another observer)
> Great Crested Flycatcher (3)
> Veery (4)
> Scarlet tanager (10)
> Red-eyed Vireo (~20, singing everywhere, very few seen!)
> Blue-headed Vireo (3)
> White-eyed Vireo (1)
> Yellow-throated Vireo (1)
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
> Baltimore Oriole (3)
> Tree Swallow (4)
>
> Still quite a few White-throated Sparrows about...
>
> Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
> Colesville, MD
>
>
>
>   

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John D. Beetham
Washington, DC

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