This morning (4/21) at Rock Creek Park….  There were many first-of-season birds.  The highlight was a rarely-seen PRAIRIE WARBLER at the park.

----Ridge and Equitation Field
Canada Goose     7  flyby
Double-crested Cormorant     6  flyby
OSPREY    flyby   FOS  (Paul)  
Red-tailed Hawk     flyby (Paul)
Mourning Dove     2
Barred Owl
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo     heard
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     5
Fish Crow     2
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch     
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     
Wood Thrush
American Robin     20 plus
European Starling
CEDAR WAXWING     13  FOS
OVENBIRD     FOS     heard
Black-and-white Warbler     1 seen, several heard
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER     FOS    heard  (Bill)
NORTHERN PARULA     FOS   heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler     30 plus
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     2
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK     FOS
Brown-headed Cowbird

----Maintenance Yard Parking Lot
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
NORTHERN PARULA     heard  
Northern Cardinal   
House Sparrow  

----Maintenance Yard
TURKEY VULTURE     FOS
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo     heard
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW     FOS  (Paul)
Tufted Titmouse     2
Wood Thrush     heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
PRAIRIE WARBLER     FOS  (Pat, Mike)  seen by many
Yellow-rumped Warbler    10 plus
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch     2 

----Nature Center
Mourning Dove
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Yellow-throated Vireo    heard
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren     2
American Robin     10 plus
Black-and-white Warbler
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER      FOS  heard at several different locations
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

----Dog Run
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Robin
White-throated Sparrow
Common Grackle     3
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch

Observers:  Paul Pisano, Rodger Poore, Bill Butler, Callan Swenson, Marjorie Rachlin, Sharon Forsyth, Rob Hilton, Lisa Shannon, Jon Stinson, Pete, Nancy, Iris, Mike Ferguson++

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC

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