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[VBKitchens@xxxxxxx]

VA Birders,

    Saturday morning, Sep. 4, Leni Friedman and I saw a Least Flycatcher at 
Fort C.F. Smith Park in Arlington Co.  This small flycatcher had a large white 
eye-ring.  In fact, I think it must have been as large as any I have seen on 
an empid. flycatcher.  The bird was gray overall, with a white throat, and we 
were able to observe it for some time as it flitted around, catching bugs and 
even what appeared to be a small butterfly, in the goldenrod, sumac, and other 
vegetation behind our Bird Stream.  I thought it was interesting that at least 
2 other Least Flycatchers were also reported in Northern Virginia on 
Saturday, so I decided to report this bird as well.

    The only warbler we saw at the park on Saturday was an Am. Redstart.  
This bird must have been a young (2nd year?) male, as it had the red-orange 
sides 
of an adult male, but otherwise was still in the immature (1st-year) male 
plumage.  

Val Kitchens
Arlington, VA
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