Hi all, 

I had been thinking that migration seemed pretty sparse this year -- yes, some folks have had very good days but there has a great deal of unfavorable weather (cold, northerly winds) with little activity and on apparent good migration days, like today, many of us are finding the birds just aren't there. 

I was going through our old notes (we need to put 22 years of data on eBird, a daunting task...) and found May 13, 1993 from Rock Creek Park DC. I should note these are only birds that Barry and I saw, and do not include other folks' observations. (And in those days there were often only 6-8 observers on a day, if that ...) This is pretty typical of a "good day" from that era. Of course we also had quiet outings, but even these seemed to have more birds than nowadays. 

migrants of interest: 

Warblers (20 species): 
ca 40 Yellow-rumps 
4 Black and Whites 
8 Black-throated Blues 
4 Black-throated Greens 
15 Blackpolls 
10 Redstarts 
8 Parulas 
20 Ovenbirds 
6 Bay-breasteds 
4 Chestnut-sideds 
15 Yellowthroats 
12 Northern Waterthrushes 
5 Magnolias 
2 Blackburnians 
1 Blue-winged 
1 Nashville 
1 Tennessee 
1 Kentucky 
1 Worm-eating 
1 MOURNING 

Others: 
2 Solitary Sandpipers 
4 Yellow-billed Cuckoos 
8 Acadian Flycatchers 
1 Traill's Flycatcher (silent) 
20 Scarlet Tanagers 
20 Red-eyed Vireos 
4 White-eyed Vireos 
6 Swainson's Thrushes 
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
3 Baltimore Orioles 

Present but not enumerated: Wood-pewee, Great Crested FC, Wood Thrush 

Gail Mackiernan & Barry Cooper 
Colesville, MD 












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