This morning (5/2) at Rock Creek Park.... CAPE MAY WARBLER was the best bird of the day; it was found near the Stables. Other highlights included the PRAIRIE and BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS.
Warblers: Northern Paula, Yellow-rumped, Ovenbird (H), Blackpoll, Louisiana Waterthrush (H), American Restart, Black-and-white, Blue-winged, Black-throated Blue (H), Prairie
----Ridge
Northern Parula (Dave, Bill, Frank)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5+
Ovenbird heard
Blackpoll Warbler heard (Dave)
Barred Owl family heard
Coopers Hawk (Frank)
Baltimore Oriole 7-8 (Frank and others)
Scarlet Tanager (Linda)
White-eyed Vireo heard (Bill)
Chimney Swift (Bill, Gary)
Rough-winged Swallow fly by (Gary)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4+
American Goldfinch
White-breasted Nuthatch
----Equitation Field
Northern Parula 2 heard
Louisiana Waterthrush heard nearby (Mike)
Barred Owl
Brown Thrasher (Amy, Tom)
Red-eyed Vireo
Swallow sp.
----Stables Area
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Gary)
----Maintenance Yard Parking Lot
American Redstart (Dave)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo heard
Blackpoll Warbler (Mike)
Eastern Towhee
----Fence Line
Common Yellowthroat (Rodger)
Black-throated Blue Warbler heard
----Maintenance Yard
Black-and-white Warbler (Kathi, Patrick)
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (Kathi, Patrick)
Black-throated Blue Warbler heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-throated Vireo (Kathi, Patrick)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Linda)
Scarlet Tanager 2
Blue Jay 2 (Martha)
Great Crested Flycatcher heard
Eastern Towhee
----Long Path from Yard (Dave and others)
Wood Thrush heard
Ovenbird heard
American Redstart heard
---Nature Center
Blackpoll Warbler 2 heard
Northern Parula heard
Eastern Bluebird
Yellow-throated Vireo (Dave, Susan)
Blue-headed Vireo heard
Scarlet Tanager
----Dog Run (Jim, Gary)
PRAIRIE WARBLER (Gary)
Song Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Note: Yesterday Paul Pisano and Byron Swift found a rare Savannah Sparrow. This only the fourth Savannah seen in the last 10 years at the Rock Creek Park Center area (Ref. MDOSPREY archives)
Observers: Bill Butler, Jim Lemert, Linda Frieland, Frank Hawkins, Susan Volman, Mike Bowen, Steve Hersey, Sally W., Gary Allport, Betsy Stevens, Gary Nelson, Mardi Hastings, Dave Bolton, Jerry Hawkins, Martha Krieger, Marge Rachlin, Rodger Poore, John Sherwood, Darina, Barbara Elkis, Chip Chipley, Shiela Maher, Susan Brinkerhoff, Kathy Reiser, John Haslinger, Kathi, Patrick
Have Fun Birding!
Wallace Kornack
Washington DC |