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Rock Creek Park, Wednesday, 4/29

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Wallace Kornack

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Wallace Kornack

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Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:23:45 -0400

A dull gray and ultimately rainy morning at Rock Creek Park.  After  
hearing the BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER the last few days it was seen  
today in the maintenance yard.  Yellow-rumped Warblers continue to  
migrate in large numbers.  Birds seen or heard are listed by site as  
follows:

---Equitation Field, Ridge and Picnic Area 20

Yellow-rumped Warbler  	40+
Black-and-white Warbler	2
Yellow Warbler   	(Tim)
Blue-winged Warbler 	heard
Ovenbird  	several heard
Northern Parula  	several heard
Scarlet Tanager 	2 male + 1 female
Double-crested Cormorant  	fly over
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO  	FOY fly over  (Tim)
Baltimore Oriole   	2
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher  2
Pileated Woodpecker
Wood Thrush 	heard
SWAINSON"S THRUSH  	FOY  (Jim)
Blue Jay   3  fly over
American Goldfinch  3
Eastern Towhee
Plus Titmouse, Cardinal, White-throated Sparrow, Chickadee, Robin

---Maintenance Yard Fence Line and Parking Lot
Eastern Towhee
Pileated Woodpecker
American Robin

----Maintenance Yard
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 	FOY 	(Jim)
Blue-winged Warbler   	(Jim)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

Participants:  Linda Friedland,  Lydia Schindler, Susan Hunt, Eleanore  
Talmage, Mary Rojas, Marty Hastings, John Stinson, Tim Houghton, Bill  
Butler, Jim Lemert, David Bolton

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington DC