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Rock Creek Park, Thursday 10/1

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Wallace Kornack

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Wallace Kornack

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Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:43:04 -0400

This morning (10/1) at Rock Creek Park...   It was a beautiful morning  
and a great day for seeing warblers, especially the abundance of BLACK- 
THROATED GREENS.  Best birds were BLACKPOLL, TENNESSEE, BLACKBURNIAN  
and NASHVILLE WARBLERS, and BLUE-HEADED VIREO.

------Ridge
BLACKPOLL WARBLER      4
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER      32+
Northern Parula      3
American Redstart      4
Magnolia Warbler      3
Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER      5
TENNESSEE WARBLER      1
Black-and-white Warbler      12+
Red-eyed Vireo      4+
Ruby-crowned Kinglet      6
Eastern Phoebe      2
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker      3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak      heard
Chimney Swift      5+
Scarlet Tanager      2
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay      6 fly by
Tufted Titmouse       4
Fish Crow      heard
Dark-eyed Junco      heard

------Maintenance Yard
NASHVILLE WARBLER      1
Common Yellowthroat       2
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER      9
Magnolia Warbler      3
Northern Parula      2
BLUE-HEADED VIREO      2
Red-eyed Vireo      4
Scarlet Tanager
Cooper's Hawk     fly by (possible)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
House Finch       3
Northern Flicker      3
Hairy Woodpecker       heard
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Swainson's Thrush
Eastern Towhee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Chickadee     4+
Northern Cardinal      6+
House Wren      2
Chimney Swift      2
Blue Jay      7 fly by

Observers:  Jeff Shenot, Dave Bolton, David Gersten, Jim Lemert, Marge  
Rachlin, Sally, Lou DeMouy, Barry Cooper, Steve Hersey, Will McPhail,  
Marty Hastings, Mike Bowen plus 12 others

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC