VA Birders:
Paula Sullivan reported a couple of Pine Warblers in Alexandria
earlier today. Interestingly, I came upon a male Pine Warbler in
with a flock of chickadees and titmice at Scotts Run Nature Preserve,
Fairfax County, this morning, while I was scouting for an ANS trip
I'll be leading later in April. There are no pine trees anywhere
near where I saw the bird, which was just above where Scotts Run
enters the Potomac, and undoubtedly this was a migrating bird. A
pair of Common Mergansers was just upstream from the outflow.
Another early migrant is the Louisiana Waterthrush, and I will bet
that there will be one singing along Scotts Run within the next 10
days. The habitat looks perfect for it. But there wasn't one there today.
Mike Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club
Bethesda, MD
D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
e-mail: dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
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