Paul O'Brien wrote:
> I never got beyond the trees across the street from my house. Andy Martin
> went further afield and may have a more thorough report. Our best bird
> was a singing male Cerulean Warbler, possibly only the second or third for
> this location since 1970. But it took us over an hour to catch a glimpse of
> it.
>
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 FOY
> Chimney Swift 1 FOY
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglets 2
> Swainson's Thrush 1
> Cedar Waxwings 10
> Northern Parula 2
> Yellow Warbler 2 FOY
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
> Black-throated Green Warbler 1
> Blackburnian Warbler 2 Male and female
> Cerulean Warbler 1 FOY
> Black-and-White Warbler 1
> Ovenbird 1
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
> Indigo Bunting 1
> Baltimore Orioles 2
>
Paul,
Pat and I can add (seen from Fordham St lot) a Nashville Warbler,
American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat and another Black-and-White to
todays Upper Watts Branch list. I tried to head down into the woods but
the jack hammer noise from your neighbor's driveway project was too much
for me to bird pleasantly.
I got in the car and headed downstream to the adjacent Woodley Gardens
Park and had some nice birds including:
Swainson's Thrush 3
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 3
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
Most of the migrants seemed to be in high spot adjacent to Wilson
Ave/Smallwood Rd. You or Michael ever do much birding in this part of
Watts Branch watershed in years past?
The Cerulean was a treat today. Thanks for help w/ differentiating its
call from the N Parulas alternate call. It was great to be able to hear
both birds singing and compare.
Andy Martin
Gaithersburg
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