WARNING: this note contains narrative as well as a list, so, as per the
Gov't.: DELETE BEFORE READING if you are C. Jones or so disposed.
Paul, in reply to your query: since the more experienced birders haven't
reported from Monticello Park, Alexandria, here's a stab at it: (I have been
there daily for the past 3 weeks.)
The best days were last Wed. and Thurs., April 28-29th. The warbler action
picked each day around noon and lasted for about 2 hours and again at dusk.
Some seen last week (> 5 unless otherwise indicated):
black and white
black throated blue
black throated green
blackburnian
blackpoll
blue winged
chestnut sided
cerulian
hooded
magnolia
Nashville
worm eating
yellow rumped -- flocks
yellowthroat
red eyed vireo
ovenbird
yellow billed cuckoo
northern parula
scarlet tanager
indigo bunting
Baltimore oreole
great crested flycatcher
rose breasted grosbeak
rufous sided towee
wood thrush
swainson's thrush
hermit thrush
veery
goldfinch
chipping sparrow
white thoated sparrow
chimney swift
northern flicker -- lots
red bellied woodpecker -- lots
red headed woodpecker (1 reported)
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
gray catbird -- lots
Carolina wren -- lots
northern cardinal -- lots
blue jay -- lots
common grackle
American crow
turkey vulture
cedar waxwing -- (reported May 3rd)
white breasted nuthatch
turtle dove
tufted titmouse
Carolina chickadee
Seen week of April 12th:
yellow warbler (possible palm)
osprey eating fish (!)
mallards (2 in storm drain)
Birds have been slack since April 30th.
Harry Gurkin
Arlington
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