Hi --

As proof that "good things come to those who wait" -- it appeared as if today 
was going to be a slow one at Rock Creek Park, DC -- we had gone straight to the 
Maintenance Yard since it was not a real "migration" night, but very little was 
happening. Very little. Some other birders arrived from the Ridge, Wallace, Jim, 
Dan and others -- I recall they had seen a few warblers, incl. BT Green, 
Chestnut-sided and Parula (?) -- and we all stood around.

Then things started to perk -- first, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW put in an appearance, 
hopping into the little peach tree and giving some good looks. Then, a largish 
olive and yellow warbler came out of the grass and into a tree -- obviously NOT 
a Yellowthroat -- first we suspected Mourning but eventually it showed well and 
was confirmed to be an immature CONNECTICUT WARBLER, with complete white eyering 
and incipient hood, plus it *walked* down the tree branch. It flew off after a 
short while, into the woods, and did not deign to reappear while we were there. 
The icing on the cake was an amazingly cooperative PHILADELPHIA VIREO, which sat 
sunning itself in a vine tangle for a long time. The Lincoln's (or its twin) 
reappeared in a different part of the Yard as we were leaving.

Other migrants seen (we also did Dog Run) included: 5 BT Blues, 5 Yellowthroats, 
1 Bay-breasted, 2 Blackburnian, 4-5 Red-eyed Vireos, 4 Scarlet Tanagers, 1 
Balto. Oriole, 2 R-B Grosbeaks, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 1 Veery, 2 Phoebes, 2 House 
Wrens, about 25 Flickers and two probable Broadwings which zipped low over the 
trees before we got onto them well. Quite a few Catbirds, Robins and Jays around 
as well.

Everything is very dry in the park, maybe some rain would liven things up!

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD