This morning (4/30) at Rock Creek Park...  A fine day for seeing and hearing warblers.

13 Warblers seen or heard:  Nashville, Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, BT Blue, Yellow-rump, BT Green, Palm, Bay-Breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, Ovenbird, Yellowthroat
 
----Equitation Field
Black-and-white Warbler      3
Yellow-rumped Warbler      many
Palm Warbler     5
CAPE MAY WARBLER     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler     
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Northern Parula 
Magnolia Warbler      heard
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER    heard
Common Yellowthroat    
Mallard     2 fly by
Wood Duck    2   fly by
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
European Starling
Eastern Towhee     heard
Chipping Sparrow     2
American Goldfinch     4  
Brown-headed Cowbird     8+
Northern Cardinal     2
Carolina Chickadee
Scarlet Tanager     3
American Robin     10+

----Maintenance Yard Parking Lot
Eastern Bluebird

----Fence Line
Ovenbird     heard
Indigo Bunting     2
White-throated Sparrow

----Maintenance Yard
Great Crested Flycatcher

----Long Path to Stables
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Grackle

----Stable Area
CAPE MAY WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER     2+
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER     2
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler      heard

----Nature Center Parking Lot
Northern Parula     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler     3
Black-throated Green Warbler  
NASHVILLE WARBLER 
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2+
Wood Duck     2  nesting
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee

----Nature Center Area
BLACKPOLL WARBLER     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
Northern Parula      heard
Black-throated Blue Warbler      heard
VEERY      FOY
Wood Thrush     heard

----Dog Run
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
Northern Flicker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     heard
Chimney Swift
Gray Catbird
Song Sparrow    2

Observers:  Derek and Francis Richardson, Lariana, Sabastian, Dave Bolton, Susan Volman, Kathryn Kratzer, Sharon Forsyth, Rob Hilton, Jim Lemert, Mardi Hastings, Betsy Stevens, Jason Berry, Josh, Marge Rachlin, Bill Butler, Rodger Poore, Barbara Elkus, Mike Mangiaracino, Alisa Glassman, Paul DeAnna, John and Darina Sherwood, Brad Buekema, Michael Bender, Becky, Niko, Matt, Kathy Reiser, Paul Pisano, Stephen Jones, +++

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC

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