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Rock Creek Park, 20 Warblers, Saturday 5/8

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Wallace Kornack

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Wallace Kornack

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Fri, 8 May 2009 11:31:07 -0400

An excellent day at Rock Creek Park.... Twenty warblers were seen  
including a fallout of Black-throated Blues.  Highlights included  
BREWSTER'S, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY, CANADA, and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS  
plus WARBLING VIREO, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.  All  
birds seen or heard are listed by location as follows:

----Equitation Field and Ridge
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER	FOY  (Ryan)
CAPE MAY WARBLER		(Ryan)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler 	10+
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler 		2
Northern Parula
Ovenbird		5
Blackpoll Warbler		8
Yellow-rumped Warbler	many
Nashville Warbler		heard
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
WARBLING VIREO  		FOY  (Ryan)
Red-eyed Vireo		5+
Scarlet Tanager		2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole		3
Eastern Kingbird  	fly over  (Barry)
Solitary Sandpiper	fly over  (Barry)
Common Loon		fly over
Swainson's Thrush
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Pileated Woodpecker

----Stables
Blackpoll Warbler 		heard
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler 		heard	
Cedar Waxwing		flock fly over

----Maintenance Yard Parking Lot and Fence Line
Blue-winged Warbler		2
Black-and-white Warbler		5
Black-throated Blue Warbler	6+
Yellow Warbler		
Common Yellowthroat			2
Magnolia Warbler		
Ovenbird		2
Northern Parula 		
American Redstart  	2
Yellow-rumped Warbler		10+
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER     	fly over   (Gail)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo		5+
LINCOLN SPARROW 		(David A.)
Cedar Waxwing			flock	 fly over
Eastern Towhee			4+
Baltimore Oriole			4
Scarlet Tanager			7
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Phoebe

----Maintenance Yard
Magnolia Warbler		4
Blackpoll Warbler 		8
Black-throated Blue Warbler		10+
Black-throated Green Warbler		12
Northern Parula 			4+
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler			3
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER	1-2		(Barry)
Chestnut-sided Warbler  	4
Blue-winged Warbler		6
CAPE MAY WARBLER		heard
American Redstart		4
Common Yellowthroat		8
Yellow-rumped Warbler	10+
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER		5
CANADA WARBLER		FOY
Black-and-whsite Warbler	3
BREWSTER'S WARBLER   	(Gail)
Nashville Warbler		(David G.)
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo			5+
Ovenbird 		heard
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Scarlet Tanager		3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak		3
House Wren 		2
Swamp Sparrow		7
White-throated Sparrow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet		3

Observers:  Gail Mackiernan, Barry Cooper, Derek Richardson, Ryan,  
Tim, David Apgar, David Gersten, Bill Butler, Ken Berlin, Marjorie  
Rachlin, Jim Lemert, Sally W.,Susan, Judith, Kathryn, Chip Shipley,  
Carter Roberts, Betsy Stevens, Tim Houghton, John and several others.

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC