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Rock Creek Park, Tuesday, 10/4

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Wallace Kornack

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Wallace Kornack

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Tue, 4 Oct 2011 12:32:19 -0400

This morning (10/4) at Rock Creek Park….

Yet another nice day with great participants. We had 12 warbler species in good numbers, especially the Black-throated Green Warbler,  There was an unusually large number of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Scarlet Tanagers.  The Philadelphia Vireo appeared once again in roughly the same area on the Ridge (opposite sign for picnic area 18).  

Warblers:  Parula, BT Green, B&W, Blackpoll, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided. Magnolia, BT Blue, Redstart, Cape May, Palm, Yellowthroat 

----Ridge
Northern Parula  7
Black-throated Green Warbler  18
Black-and-white Warbler  10
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Magnolia Warbler  4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
American Redstart
MERLIN  fly by
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Blue-headed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Carolina Chickadee  4+
Blue Jay  10  fly by
Swainson's Thrush
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Eastern Towhee
Scarlet Tanager  7 

----Maintenance Yard Parking Lot
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Northern Parula  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Scarlet Tanager  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee

-----Fence Line
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-and-white Warbler  2
WINTER WREN
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Thrasher
Blue Jay
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5

-----Maintenance Yard
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  4
Magnolia Warbler  5
Blackpoll Warbler  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe  4+
House Wren  3
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  7
Scarlet Tanager  3
American Goldfinch

----Stables Area
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler

Observers: Jim Lemert, Marjorie Rachlin, Ellen Paul, Tim Boucher, Mack McDermot

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC

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