Hello Everyone,

Before a meeting in DC this morning I birded the maintenance yard area of 
Rock Creek Park.  Several other birders were there as well.  It is always nice 
to put faces with names!

Neotrop migrants were scarce, but there were plenty of other birds to keep us 
hopping.  Both varieties of Kinglets were in good numbers, especially the RUBY-
CROWNEDS which were everywhere.  Also in evidence were all 7 woodpeckers, 
with at least two SAPSUCKERS and one heard-only RED-HEADED.

Sparrows were in nice numbers with dozens of WHITE-THROATED, many 
CHIPPING, and smaller numbers of SONG and SWAMP as well as TOWHEES and 
JUNCOS.

Finally, there were several RUSTY BLACKBIRDS flying around with a few 
perched atop a tree.  List follows (49 species):

Jay Keller,
Arlington, VA


Canada Goose     1
Mallard     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Rock Pigeon     8
Mourning Dove     6
Red-headed Woodpecker     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     4
Northern Flicker     12
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     22
American Crow     6
Carolina Chickadee     12
Tufted Titmouse     8
White-breasted Nuthatch     6
Carolina Wren     8
House Wren     2
Winter Wren     3
Golden-crowned Kinglet     8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     35
Hermit Thrush     1
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin     18
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     75
Cedar Waxwing     20
Northern Parula     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     45
Palm Warbler     3
Eastern Towhee     4
Chipping Sparrow     12
Song Sparrow     10
Swamp Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     35
Dark-eyed Junco     15
Northern Cardinal     8
Indigo Bunting     3
Red-winged Blackbird     35
Rusty Blackbird     5
Common Grackle     450
Brown-headed Cowbird     8
House Finch     3
American Goldfinch     18
House Sparrow     12