Another nice day at the park in D.C., plenty of warblers 
(though no Connecticut by the time I left).  My list is 
below (featuring 10 warblers: NORTHERN PARULA, 
CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, 
BLACKBURNIAN, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-AND-WHITE, AMERICAN REDSTART, 
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and HOODED WARBLER) .  Others I believe 
saw TENNESSEE, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and BAY-BREASTED 
WARBLER, if not more.

Of particular interest today for me was the woodpecker 
variety: all the ones you might expect to see (including 
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER), except Red-headed unfortunately!

Report Details
Location name: Rock Creek Park
Observation date: 9/21/06
Duration: 3 hour(s) 15 minute(s)
# of people in birding party: 2
Are you reporting all the species you identified? Yes
Total # of species: 46
Observation type: Stationary Count
Start time: 6:35 AM
Distance covered: N/A
Area covered: N/A

Checklist diary notes:
Great day at the park (clear, cool, calm; thin high cloud 
developing). Several new species for the season: Northern 
Parula, Blackburnian Warbler and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
Did well with woodpeckers in general. The warbler sp. was 
very plain: gray above, pale below, no clear sign of 
wingbars (the bird was far and high), suggestion of eyeline.

Species Details
Species Name/Number Reported
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Parula 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
warbler sp. 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 1

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-- 
Derek C. Richardson, College Park, PG County, MD
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/birds.html