This morning (10/5) at Rock Creek Park….

There are clear signs of late fall birding with the appearance of Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers, Winter Wren, Fox Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, and Kinglets--and recently seen Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

12 Warbler species:  Magnolia, Yellow-rump, BT Green, Blackpoll, Palm, Parula, Chestnut-sided, Redstart, BT Blue, Nashville, Tennessee, Yellowthroat

----Ridge
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Chimney Swift  30+
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Carolina Chickadee  5+
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
Common Grackle  10  flyby

-----Maintenance Yard Parking Lot
Magnolia Warbler  6
Blackpoll Warbler  4
Palm Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  6-7
Yellow-rumped Warbler  15+
Northern Parula  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
American Redstart  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  4
Chimney Swift
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Eastern Phoebe  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Carolina Chickadee  4
Wood Thrush
American Robin  6
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Brown Thrasher  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
Eastern Towhee
House Sparrow  4+
Common Grackle  30+

----Maintenance Yard
Magnolia Warbler  10+
Palm Warbler  10
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe  5+
Red-eyed Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse  2
Gray Catbird  5
Brown Thrasher  3-4
Blue Jay  3
Winter Wren
House Wren  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
FOX SPARROW
Carolina Chickadee

Observers:  Marjorie Rachlin, Ellen Paul, Melissa, Tim Boucher, Mark, Matt Sileo, Art Blecker, Hugh O'Malley, Jim Lemert

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC

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