This morning after a brief visit to Rock Creek Park (where the best bird was
a LINCOLN'S SPARROW), I went to the Azalea Collection at the National
Arboretum.  Despite being overcast and threatening rain the entire time, it
was a decent morning for warblers.  The best was a singing male TENNESSEE
WARBLER.  I also had a few CHESTNUT-SIDED, BAY-BREASTED, and MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS.  BLACKPOLL WARBLERS seemed to be singing everywhere.  I also had
NORTHERN PARULA, MYRTLE, REDSTART, and BLACK-THROATED BLUE.  I had one
SCARLET TANAGER.  Maybe the best sighting was a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.  I
found it foraging in some pines while I was sifting through a group of
Myrtle Warblers.  It was just on the south side of the Azalea Collection
ring road a bit east of the small brick pavilion with the benches.  Also of
note were two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES.

Max Wilson
Kensington, Montgomery County, MD
mercretas AT hotmail.com