This morning couldn't have been nicer to lead members of the  
Montgomery Bird Club to view warblers and other birds at Rock Creek  
Park, mainly at the Ridge and the Maintenance yard.  Brief visits  
were also made to the Equitation Field and the Dog Run. Warbler  
highlights include:

Blue-winged
Tennessee
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided  7+
Magnolia 6+
Black-throated Blue 5
Black-throated Green 6
Black-and-white 5
American Redstart ~10
Canada 2
Common Yellowthroat 5

Other sightings:

Red-eyed Vireo 20+
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Wood Thrush
Veery
Baltimore Oriole 7
Scarlet Tanager 5
Chimney Swift 30+
Common Nighthawk

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3+
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Wood Pewee 8
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay (heard)
American Crow 6+
Carolina Chickadee 10+
Tufted Titmouse 20+
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin 20+
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher
European Starling 3
Eastern Towhee (heard)
Northern Cardinal 6+
Common Grackle (fly-by)
American Goldfinch 4
Mourning Dove 8+
House Sparrow 15+ (Stable area)

Total number of species seen or heard:  48

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington DC