Excellent day at Rock Creek Park (ridge/yard/Nature Center),
despite the humidity and still air. Doug Gill was the
birder of the hour, finding for us both BAY-BREASTED (male
seen at the ridge) and KENTUCKY WARBLER (seen and heard in
the forest between the stables and the yard---only my second
sighting ever, and a lifer for at least 1 other birder!).
Other warblers seen/heard by me, in taxonomical order:
NORTHERN PARULA (lots), CHESTNUT-SIDED (heard only),
MAGNOLIA (several), BLACK-THROATED BLUE (everywhere),
YELLOW-RUMPED (a few still around), BLACK-THROATED GREEN
(everywhere), BLACKPOLL (ditto), BLACK-AND-WHITE (a couple),
AMERICAN REDSTART (again, seen everywhere), OVENBIRD (lots,
with a few giving good looks), COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (Nature
Center), and CANADA (quite a few, seen at the ridge,
stables, and Nature Center). Others heard Yellow. I
thought I *might* have heard Hooded, but doubtful, and
someone else was equally uncertain about Blue-winged.
Other highlights included my first VEERY and SWAINSON'S
THRUSH of the year (several of the former---ridge and
stables/Nature Center---and just 1 of the latter, at the
Nature Center, with 2 good looks showing the buffy
spectacles; I got a couple photos). Scarlet Tanager was
heard/seen by others. Might have heard Eastern Kingbird at
the yard.
With the storms coming through today and tomorrow, maybe
Sunday will be really good too!
Full eBird report:
Location: Rock Creek Park
Observation date: 5/11/07
Time: 06h15-10h15
Notes: Warm and humid, almost no breeze. Plenty of good
birds, including 6 FOY for me (Magnolia Warbler, Veery,
Canada Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Kentucky Warbler [only
my 2nd sighting ever], and Swainson's Thrush). Others
saw/heard Scarlet Tanager and Yellow Warbler. May have
heard Eastern Kingbird and maybe Hooded Warbler (doubtful).
Also saw White-tailed Deer and chipmunks.
Number of species: 52
Mallard 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Veery 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 10
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 5
Northern Parula 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 5
Ovenbird 5
Kentucky Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Canada Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 5
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 20
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2
(http://www.ebird.org)
--
Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
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