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Amazingly, I found another Mourning Warbler this morning at my place on Cedar 
Creek in Shenandoah County. It was a different individual from the one I found 
on Aug 30. This one had only the faintest gray smudge of a band and a very 
yellow throat, so is clearly a first-fall bird of indeterminate sex.  This is 
only the third sighting of this species here; perhaps there is a new breeding 
location in the general area making our little valley a likely stopover site.  
One can only hope.  Otherwise, things picked up a bit today after a front came 
through yesterday evening.  I got 33 species today,  compared to 27 
yesterday--not a big change, granted, but trending up. Today's birds included 
more likely migrants, including an adult Bald Eagle cruising the ridge to our 
north.
 
Dave Davis
Arlington and Cedar Creek