Rock Creek Park, Wednesday 5/4/16

[Wallace Kornack]

This morning (5/4) at Rock Creek Park…..

A nice day with a wide variety of species.

Warbler species seen or heard:  Ovenbird, Worm-eating, Black-and-white, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rump, Blue-winged, Yellowthroat, Yellow, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Nashville, Worm-eating, Redstart, Cape May, Prairie, Parula

Other notable species:  Red-headed Woodpecker, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Swanson’s Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Great Crested Flycatcher, Common Loon, Yellow-throated Vireo, Baltimore Oriole, Veery, Hermit Thrush

——Equitation Field

Ovenbird       heard
Worm-eating Warbler  
Black-and-white Warbler  
Blackburnian Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3

Black-crowned Night-Heron      flyby
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  
Chimney Swift      40+
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Blue Jay  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
Swainson's Thrush      (Bill)    heard
American Robin      2
Chipping Sparrow  
Scarlet Tanager      2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
Baltimore Oriole     2

——Ridge

Ovenbird       heard
Blue-winged Warbler     2
Common Yellowthroat     2
Northern Parula  
Yellow Warbler  
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler     6+
Black-throated Green Warbler  

Common Loon     3  flyby

Merganser sp.    3  flyby   (Will)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  
Great Crested Flycatcher  
Scarlet Tanager  
Indigo Bunting  

——Yard Parking Lot

Blue-winged Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
Prairie Warbler  

Mourning Dove     4
Red-headed Woodpecker      (Marina)
Tufted Titmouse  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
European Starling  
Indigo Bunting      3
House Sparrow     3

——Fence Line

Nashville Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Swanson’s Thrush     heard

——Maintenance Yard

Worm-eating Warbler      heard
Blue-winged Warbler      3
Black-and-white Warbler     2
Nashville Warbler  
Common Yellowthroat  
American Redstart     2
Cape May Warbler      (Will)
Northern Parula  
Yellow Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler     7
Prairie Warbler  
Black-throated Green Warbler     2

Common Loon     5  Flyby
Yellow-billed Cuckoo      2
Chimney Swift     2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Pileated Woodpecker  
Yellow-throated Vireo       heard
American Crow     5
House Wren  
Carolina Wren  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Wood Thrush     2     heard
Gray Catbird  
European Starling  
Chipping Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow  
Swamp Sparrow     (Joshua)
Eastern Towhee  
Scarlet Tanager     4
Northern Cardinal     2
Indigo Bunting     3
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Baltimore Oriole     6
American Goldfinch     6

——Nature Center

Worm-eating Warbler  
Northern Parula  
Black-throated Blue Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler       2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Red-eyed Vireo  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
Veery  
Hermit Thrush  
American Robin     3
Scarlet Tanager  
House Sparrow     4

Contributors:  Will McPhail, Bill Young, Carter Roberts, Paul DeAnna, Marina True, Jim Lemert, Randy Weaver, Danny Sloan, Leon Kass, Tim Boucher, Lauren Price, Betsy Stephens, Art Drauglis, Joshua Heiser, Katharine Kravetz, Rennie Selkirk, Bodo Stern

Have Fun Birding!

Wallace Kornack

Washington  DC