An excellent morning for warblers at Rock Creek Park, featuring a  
MOURNING WARBLER. CERULEAN WARBLER and six CAPE MAY WARBLERS.  Other  
noteworthy warblers include CANADA, BAY-BREASTED, TENNESSEE, and  
BLACKBURNIAN.  In all there were 21 warbler species.  LEAST FLYCATCHER  
and RUSTY BLACKBIRD also deserve special mention. All birds seen or  
heard are listed by location as follows:

----Ridge and Equitation Field
CAPE MAY WARBLER 		4
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER 		4
TENNESSEE WARBLER
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler		2
Black-throated Blue Warbler		2  + many heard
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
Chestnut-sided Warbler		
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler   	many
Norther Parula
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole		4
Black-billed Cuckoo  		heard
Great Crested Flycatcher
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Phoebe
Swainson's Thrush
Veery
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Towhee
Brown-headed Cowbird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Cedar Waxwings		3 flocks
Red-eyed Vireo 		many

----Maintenance Yard
MOURNING WARBLER    	(Will)
CANADA WARBLER   	(Gail, Gary N.)
Blue-winged Warbler
CAPE MAY WARBLER		2
Chestnut-sided Warbler		2
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler		2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  	3
Black-throated Green Warbler
American Redstart		2
Ovenbird   	heard
LEAST FLYCATCHER
Swainson's Thrush  		4
Yellow-throated Vireo
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Scarlet Tanager 	3
Baltimore Oriole

----Path to Yard
Louisiana Waterthrush
American Redstart		3
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Parula
White-throated Sparrow 		5

----Stable Area
Nashville Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER  female	    (Gary A.)

----Maintenance Yard Fence Line
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Ovenbird		heard

----Ross Drive (Picnic Area 20 to Bridge)
Ovenbird
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Green Warbler		heard
Chestnut-sided Warbler  	heard
Red-eyed Vireo
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Pileated Woodpecker

---Nature Center
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER		many
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler		heard
Swainson's Thrush		2
WOOD THRUSH	FOS
Veery
Red-bellied Woodpecker

----Dog Run
Chestnut-sided Warbler 		
Scarlet Tanager		3

Observers:  Gail Mackiernan, Barry Cooper, Will McPhial, David  
Gersten, Gary Allport, Jim Lemert, Marjorie Rachlin, Gary Nelson,  
Shiela Maher, Helen Schietinger, Heidi Schinn, Norma Gahl, Elanor  
Talmadge, Mary, Jane, and many many more.

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC