This morning (5/11) at Rock Creek Park….  Warbler species are beginning to arrive in numbers.

HIGHLIGHTS:  BAY-BREASTED (FOY), BLACKBURNIAN, WORM-EATING, MAGNOLIA and CANADA WARBLERS

17 Warbler species seen or heard:  Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided, Parula, Nashville, Black-and-white, Redstart, Worm-eating, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian. Louisiana Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Yellowthroat, Canada

----Ridge
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler     10+
Chestnut-sided Warbler     2
Northern Parula
Nashville Warbler     heard
Black-and-white Warbler
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Chipping Sparrow     2
Scarlet Tanager
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole

----Equitation Field
American Redstart     7
Chestnut-sided Warbler     2
Northern Parula     5
Black-throated Green Warbler     10+
Black-throated Blue Warbler
WORM-EATING WARBLER
Magnolia Warbler     3
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler     15+
Blackpoll Warbler
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER     FOY  (Rodger)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo     8+
Tufted Titmouse     2
Carolina Wren     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     10+
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     4
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush     heard
European Starling
Scarlet Tanager     2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole     2

----Ross Road  (early morning listening----Bill, Susan, Wallace)
Louisiana Waterthrush     h
Ovenbird     h
Chestnut-sided Warbler     h
Black-throated Blue Warbler     h
Common Yellowthroat
Red-bellied Woodpecker     h
Acadian Flycatcher     h
Red-eyed Vireo     h
Swainson's Thrush     h
Wood Thrush     h
Scarlet Tanager     h
Northern Cardinal     h

----Maintenance Yard
CANADA WARBLER     (Linda)
Northern Parula
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler      2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher     heard
Eastern Phoebe     2
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
Swainson's Thrush     heard
Scarlet Tanager

----Stables Area and Nature Center
Northern Parula     heard
Black Vulture
Mourning Dove     2
Pileated Woodpecker 
American Crow
Eastern Wood-Pewee     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird

Observers:  Rodger Poore, Barbara Elkus, Linda Friedland, Don Messersmith, Marjorie Rachlin, Susan Volman, Bill Butler, Joan Moyers, Jessie, Dick Holcomb, Sasha Litman, Jim Lemert, Kathryn Kratzer, Cathy Wiss, Stephen Jones, Tom O'Toole, Ami Donovan, +++

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack
Washington  DC

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