Dave Mozurkewich and I had a lovely walk in Greenbelt
Park this morning.  I've come to a conclusion, though,
and it's one that will probably upset a lot of people,
and it is this: there is only ONE kind of warbler in
the whole world, and it's the Yellow-Rumped Warbler. 
All those other so-called warblers are simply the
product of some overachiever's imagination.  Honestly.
 I have three hours of observation to back up this
statement.  What am I talking about?  First it was the
Black-Throated Blue that we heard - we listened, got a
pretty good idea where it was calling from, and then
searched the treetops for the singer - there it is! 
No, it's a yellow-rump.  Then was the Black-Throated
Green, so close it was practically laughing in our
faces - we looked, looked, looked...and finally
found...another yellow-rump.  For every bird we heard
we must have seen 6 yellow-rumps.  I've decided that
yellow-rumps must be master mimics and ventriloquists.

Okay, I'm exaggerating just a little bit.  All told we
came away with 9 warbler species for the morning -
Ovenbird, Pine, Palm, Worm-Eating, Yellow-Rumped,
Redstart, Black-Throated Blue, Black-Throated Green,
and Black-and-White.  We never did see the B-T Green
or Blue, even though I could swear they were probably
close enough to get a pretty good look at.

Aside from the warblers, there were some other really
sweet birds, including several FOY birds.  Wood
thrush, Veery, Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (several),
Red-eyed, Yellow-Throated and Blue-Headed Vireos, and
a flyover Green Heron and Great Blue Heron.

All in all, a lovely morning!

Good birding,
Lynette Fullerton
Seabrook, MD

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