[va-bird] Mourning, Canada warblers at Huntley (5/23)

Not to be outdone by Ben Jesup and nearby White Oaks Park... a MOURNING WARBLER 
sang off and on for about 20 minutes this morning at the start of the boardwalk 
at Huntley Meadows park.  One member of the walk was able to get a brief look 
at it, but the rest of us had to be satisfied with listening to its insistent 
"chree-chree-chree-cho" song.  What a wonderful bird, too bad it was so shy.

On my walk back to may car (by myself) I was delighted to find a singing CANADA 
WARBLER just over the path.  In close proximity was a singing GRAY-CHEEKED 
THRUSH.  Nice combo!

A single MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a couple singing BLACKPOLLs, a NORTHERN PARULA, and 
two REDSTARTs were about.  Complete list follows.

double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
great egret
Canada goose
mallard
hooded merganser
osprey
red-shouldered hawk
semipalmated plover
solitary sandpiper
spotted sandpiper
least sandpiper
rock dove
mourning dove
chimney swift
ruby-throated hummingbird
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
pileated woodpecker
eastern wood-pewee
acadian flycatcher
eastern phoebe
great crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
white-eyed vireo
blue-headed vireo
red-eyed vireo
blue jay
American crow
fish crow
tree swallow
northern rough-winged swallow
barn swallow
Carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
Carolina wren
house wren
blue-gray gnatcatcher
eastern bluebird
Swainson's thrush
gray-cheeked thrush
wood thrush
american robin
gray catbird
brown thrasher
European starling
cedar waxwing
northern parula
magnolia warbler
blackpoll warbler
American redstart
common yellowthroat
Canada warbler
mourning warbler
scarlet tanager
northern cardinal
blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
American goldfinch

-Chris French
Oakton, VA
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