Hi All,
Spurred on by reports of Connecticut warblers moving through the area, I hoped to find some in the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard. I didn't see any, but did find a big fat YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, AND YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
A BARRED OWL was hooting away, as a nice sized flock of WOOD THRUSHES moved though the nearby forest.
Warbler numbers and diversity was pretty low, but then again it was late afternoon and my eyes were focusing on the understory where Connecticut Warblers are found...
Here's the full eBird list:
Rock Creek Park--Nature Center area, District of Columbia, US-DC
Sep 27, 2011 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Cooper's Hawk 1
hawk sp. 1 Probable red-shouldered flying over maintenance yard, but bad view
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 5
Barred Owl 1 calling near maintenance yard
Chimney Swift 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 female in maintenance yard (my FOS)
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 whole body olive yellow, brighter yellow belly and wingbars
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 3
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 6 Single flock in closed canopy forest near Maintenace yard (also 1 Swainson's)
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling X
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6 in maintenance yard weed patches and dog-run meadow edge
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Field Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Common Grackle 100 Huge flyover flock just streamed over the forest. Could have been 1000+, but conservatively I estimate 100.
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
Good Birding!
Jason Berry
Washington, DC
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