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Re: Upper Watts Branch Park for 5/6 (Limited)

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Andy Martin

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Andy Martin

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Wed, 6 May 2009 17:59:47 -0500

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