Hi all--

I went out solo to WRP as I hadn't been there for over a week (bad 
weather, 3-day weekend of dog shows, getting ready to go away again) so 
was pleased at how active things were. About 8 AM there was a large 
diurnal passage which (besides the expected Robins and Blue Jays) 
included a flock of 25+ Bluebirds overhead calling, and another 10-12 
which perched briefly in a walnut tree to be admired. In fact I heard/saw 
twos and threes of bluebirds overhead off and on all morning. Several 
rapidly moving flocks of small passerines, dominated by kinglets and tits 
but a few warblers with them. Pine Lake was uncharactistically devoid of 
birds. I did the park down to the lake and then around Brookside Nature 
Ctr. which was, alas, noisy because of leaf-blowers!

Definitely a chance in the mix -- only ONE Catbird and no Flickers at all. 
Still 8 species of warbler though numbers getting thin on the ground.

Birds of interest:

Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 3 (one singing)
Winter Wren - 3
House Wren - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 12+
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 8+
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler - 10+
PINE WARBLER - 1 bright adult (in pines)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (all adult males)
Eastern Towhee - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 20+
Chipping Sparrow - 10+
Swamp Sparrow - 2

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD






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