Oooops. Should have said 14 Warbler species forgot the best bird: Male Hooded Warbler in with the other warblers.
Jason
--- On Sun, 9/25/11, jgbrc <> wrote:
From: jgbrc <>
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Ft. Dupont Park DC 13 Warbler species & Wood Thrush flock
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Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011, 11:26 AM
Hi Everyone,
I checked http://www.woodcreeper.com this morning to get the an idea about the migration forecast. Luckily, they said it would be really good, so armed with my binos I headed out to Fort DuPont Park, DC. There were a number of nice Warbler flocks working the forest edges. The Community Garden area was nice for Prairie Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, and Wild Turkeys.
The oddest thing was a large pure flock of Wood Thurshes feeding in an a small tree about 20 ft tall - just inside the forest edge. I couldn't see any fruit or nuts, but there must have been something (and insect swarm?). There were at least 11 individuals, but could have been more - maybe 20. I've never seen such a large Wood Thrush flock - have other people experienced this?
Here's the eBird list:
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey 3
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 8
crow sp. X
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 11
American Robin 24
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling X
WARBLERS:
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 2 near community garden, in fields of golderod and willow clump
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9
Indigo Bunting 3
Good birding!
Jason Berry
Washington, DC
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