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Weinberg Park: 4/27/07: Warblers, etc.

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Matthew Grey

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Matthew Grey

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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:53:36 -0400

Hello all.

I checked out Weinberg Park (in Pasadena) this evening for 2 hours and came 
up with 7 species of warblers and a few other good migrants, including Wood 
Thrush and Gray Catbird. 

Totals:

Great Blue Heron: 1
Double-crested Cormorant: 40+  on 'White Rocks'
Canada Goose: 4  Two were on nests
Mallard: 10
Ruddy Duck: 48  Rock Creek
Osprey: 2
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 adult, local
Cooper's Hawk: 1  stooped and dove toward the meadow by the overlook
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 3  cruising due northwest
American Kestrel: 1 
Ring-billed Gull: 2 flyovers
Herring Gull: 28 flyovers and patrolling Rock Creek
Great Black-backed Gull: 12  mostly in the vicinity of 'White Rocks'
American Crow: 5
Fish Crow: 1
Blue Jay: 200+  mostly stalled migrants 
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 3
Downy Woodpecker: 3
Hairy Woodpecker: 1
Carolina Wren: 4
Carolina Chickadee: 6
Tufted Titmouse: 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 2
WOOD THRUSH: 1  seen just past trail entrance
GRAY CATBIRD: 3  calling intermittently
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 1 heard and seen
YELLOW WARBLER: 2  seen with the Myrtles
NORTHERN PARULA: 1 calling over trail entrance
Pine Warbler: 2
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER: 1 male with the Myrtles
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 1 male
Myrtle Warbler: 8  in a loose flock
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1  across from trail entrance
Eastern Towhee: 4
White-throated Sparrow: 12  still quite a few in the undergrowth
Northern Cardinal: 14
Red-winged Blackbird: 15
Common Grackle: 6
Brown-headed Cowbird: 1 flyover
House Finch: 2 
American Goldfinch: 14 mostly flyovers

Matt Grey
Pasadena
matthew.grey-at-yahoo.com