All,
I guess I'm the only long-term resident of the area who's old
enough to remember this but sometime in the 1950s or 1960s Cerulean
Warblers began to be found as breeders along the C&O Canal towpath (in
Maryland) in the Pennyfield/ Violette's lock areas for the first time.
This population thrived and expanded (up, down, and across the river) so
that by the mid-to-late 1970s they were being found in along the Potomac
in Virginia from somewhere in Loudoun County east to eastern Fairfax
County (two places I rememberas being perticularly good for them were
Riverbend Park and (some years) what is now Scott Run Natural Area, as
well as along a considerable stretch of the Maryland side of the river.
I don't know what has happened to them since the early 1980s but it was
remarkable that the breeding population got started in the first place,
and then was so wildly successful. Only along the river, though.
John Bazuin
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VA birders:
Just across the Potomac, along the C&O Canal towpath in Montgomery
County, MD, the recently completed MD-DC Breeding Bird Atlas found
two confirmed and one probable breeding instances for Cerulean Warbler.
Preliminary results of this Atlas (ran from 2002 through 2006) showed
Ceruleans in 99 (out of more than 1000) blocks within safe dates.
I note that there were Ceruleans confirmed breeding in the block
"Sterling CE," which is mostly in Virginia, presumably Loudoun County
-- in fact in two different quarter blocks there. Another "probable"
breeding Cerulean record came from the block called Falls Church NE;
I don't know where this is exactly, but presumably part of it is
somewhere in Fairfax County.
Anyone wanting to explore the preliminary Atlas results should go to
the USGS North American BBA Explorer web site:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bba/index.cfm?fa=explore.ResultsBySpecies
Interesting and lots of fun (especially if you can figure out where
the blocks are located on the map!)
Mike Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club, MOS
At 02:00 PM 5/9/2007 -0400, Joe Coleman wrote:
Jay,they are
The Monk Parakeet in an Alexandria backyard was well-photographed.
And while Cerulean Warblers may not be local breeders in Arlington,
local breeders in my neck of the woods (western Loudoun Co) and G.Thompson
(cited) & there are records of them breeding in Harford and HowardCounties,
MD (both also cited). All of those are part of the area covered by the
BirdEast report.
Best, Joe Coleman
----- Original Message -----Alexandria
From: "Jay Keller" <azure.jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:50 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Fw: [BIRDEAST] DC Area, 5/8/07
Hello,
Does anyone know much about this reported Monk Parakeet in an
VA.yard? Also, Cerulean Warblers ARE NOT local breeders in Arlington,
The
report alone is pretty wild.
Jay Keller.
Arlington
Co;
Relevant extract from this week's Voice of the Naturalist follows:
Local breeders include CERULEAN WARBLERS at Potomac Overlook RP,
Arlington; the McKeldin Area/Patapsco Valley State Park in Howard
Susquehanna SP, Harford Co, MD; and the G. Richard Thompson WMA in
western Fauquier Co.
