[va-bird] Monticello Park, Alexandria this morning

 I stopped by Monticello Park this morning on my way to work (off of
Beverly Dr., Alexandria).  From what I saw on my 45 minute visit
there, there were more birders than species of warbler.  :) 
 Still not a huge number of birds like we've seen in the past, but a
good deal of singing could be heard.  Highlights include a singing
PRARIE WARBLER on the right hand hill as you enter the park,
WHITE-EYED VIREOS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, YELLOW BILLED CUCKOOs heard
clucking away, an OVENBIRD, and decent numbers of WHITE THROATED
SPARROWS, TOWHEES, and YELLOW-RUMPED WABLERS.
 I'm sure the other birders that were more patient logged additional
birds.  Yesterday morning there was a brilliant INDIGO BUNTING there,
and I heard wispers today of TANGERS being present.  
 My personal highlight of the day was the discovery of an occupied
HAIRY WOODPECKER nest cavity (up on the western hill where there is a
little path through the ivy).  One Hairy held down the fort (and could
be seen periodically) and and its mate vehemently defended the fort
against rather gregarious (as always) STARLINGs.  I watched as a
Starling and Hairy had a several-minute stare-down.  If you stayed
long enough, you were treated with the two birds tangling in the air
and plummeting down tens of feet in the air before landing on the
tree for another stare-down.  
 -Renee Grebe
 Alexandria, VA 
  

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