Hi all --

Wallace has reported almost everything already but there are a few addenda -- one of which was a COMMON NIGHTHAWK which Barry and I flushed from the leaf litter at the side of the Equitation Field (where we went first thing this morning) -- it flew around and then perched on a bare tree limb. Jim Lemert arrived in time to see it -- very nice look!

A few other birds of interest:

Eastern Phoebe - 2
Wood-pewee - 8+
Empid sp. - 1,  silent, looked like the "Traill's" of yesterday
Eastern Kingbird - 1

Also, in total we saw/heard at least 12 Blackpolls -- always a bit sorry to have so many in as it indicates that warbler migration is starting to wane.

Also several of us enjoyed long looks at an immature Cooper's Hawk in the woods behind the Nature Center, attracting a lot of mobbing chickadees and other birds as it sat first on one branch and then another. It obviously had its eye on something (a nest?) but eventually flew off in a flurry of angry little birds.

Cheers,
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD

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From: Wallace Kornack <>
> A beautiful clear morning at Rock Creek Park with a nice warbler  
> fallout.  The highlight of the day was a MOURNING WARBLER spotted by  
> Paul Pisano and later acquired by others.  There was also a YELLOW- 
> THROATED WARBLER reported by David Gersten---quite unusual for the  
> Park.  We were also greeted by a wonderful courting display of the  
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird as it swung back and forth over a wide arc.   
> Other highlights:
> 
> Northern Parula     4
> Yellow Warbler
> Chestnut-sided Warbler     10
> Magnolia Warbler     13
> Black-throated Blue Warbler     4
> Yellow-rumped Warbler     4
> Black-throated Green Warbler
> Blackburnian Warbler     2
> Yellow-throated Warbler
> Bay-breasted Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler     6
> Black-and-white Warbler     (heard)
> American Redstart     10
> Worm-eating Warbler     (heard)
> Ovenbird     (heard)
> Mourning Warbler       (Paul)
> Common Yellowthroat     5
> Canada Warbler     4
> 
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2
> Red-eyed Vireo     20+
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo     2-3 (Dave B.)
> Yellow-throated Vireo     (Gail)
> Gray-cheeked Thrush     (Gail)
> Veery     (Sally)
> Swainson's Thrush     12+
> Wood Thrush    (heard)
> Great Crested Flycatcher     2
> Lincoln's Sparrow (Jim and Barry)
> Plus usual
> 
> Observers:  Mike Bowen, Dave Bolton, Barry Cooper, Gail Mackiernan,  
> Dave Gersten, Jim Lemert, Marjorie Rachlin, Sally Wechsle, Dave,  
> Kathryn, Sheila, Wallace, ++
> 
> Have Fun Birding!
> 
> Wallace Kornack
> Washington DC
> 
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