An excellent morning (10/11) at Rock Creek Park....  We felt the full  
impact of the fall migration this morning.  Huge numbers of PALM  
WARBLERS and CHIPPING SPARROWS were seen.  Best bird of the day was a  
LINCOLN"S Sparrow. Other noteworthy birds:  PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BLUE- 
HEADED VIREO, PURPLE FINCH, HERMIT THRUSH, and FIELD, WHITE-CROWNED  
and SWAMP SPARROWS.

------Ridge
PALM WARBLER      12+
Black-throated Blue Warbler      3
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler    4
Yellow-rumped Warbler      4
Black-throated Green Warbler      5
BLUE-HEADED VIREO       2 (Ottavio)
Field Sparrow
CHIPPING SPARROW      10+
Song Sparrow
FIELD SPARROW
Golden-crowned Kinglet     5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet      7+
Barred Owl      heard
Eastern Phoebe      4
Eastern Towhee      2
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco      2
Carolina Wren      2
Northern Flicker     6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker      2
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Chimney Swift
Carolina Chickadee      5+
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Canada Geese      12  fly by
Northern Cardinal      4

------Equitation Field
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler      2
Palm Warbler      2
PHILADELPHIA VIREO      (Gail)
Eastern Phoebe      3
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

------Yard Parking Lot and Stables Area
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler      2
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler      2
Nashville Warbler      2
PINE WARBLER      1 (Barry)
Cooper's Hawk
PURPLE FINCH      4 FOS  (Gary)
HERMIT THRUSH      2 FOS  (Paul)
CHIPPING SPARROW      100+  (Gary)
Scarlet Tanager     4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Winter Wren
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Golden-crowned Kinglet       2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee      3

------Maintenance Yard
Black-throated Green Warbler      7
PALM WARBLER      38+
Common Yellowthroat      2
PINE WARBLER       2  (Ottavio)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Nashville Warbler      3
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler      2
BLUE-HEADED VIREO      1 (Paul)
Red-eyed Vireo
HERMIT THRUSH      1 FOS
Swainson's Thrush
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker      9+
Eastern Phoebe      2
CHIPPING SPARROW      100+
LINCOLN'S SPARROW      1 FOS  (Barry)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW      1 FOS (Dan)
SWAMP SPARROW      3  FOS
FIELD SPARROW
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch      4
Golden-crowned Kinglet      4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     5+
Gray Catbird      3
House Wren
Dark-eyed Junco      2
Canada Goose      1 fly by
Northern Cardinal      5+

------Fence Line
Palm Warbler
Eastern Phoebe      2
Eastern Towhee      3
Northern Flicker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
HERMIT THRUSH       (Gail, Barry)
White-throatd Sparrow      3
LINCOLN'S SPARROW      1 possible  (Barry)
American Robin      4

Observers:  Ottavio Yanni, Gail Mackiernan, Barry Cooper, Gary  
Allport, Paul DeAnna, Dan Eberly, Rob Hilton, Marge Rachlin, Bill  
Butler, Chip Chipley, Sandy Farkas, Sally, Marty Hastings, Judith

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC