Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my first Indigo Bunting
and a handsome male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak.

Lynette
--- Lynette Fullerton <>
wrote:

> 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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