From reading other's posts, it does seem that a wave of Wilson's arrived
Saturday night. Mine was in the Woodcock Meadow. The gobbling was coming
from the North Marsh area. It was a good day for late-ish birds: RUSTY BBs
are still around in numbers (my latest by several days); the Woodcock Meadow
also contained a western PALM WARBLER (my latest by several days) and a RC
KINGLET; and I had a HERMIT THRUSH in White Oaks Park (my latest ever from
there and a day short of my latest in VA). There was also a silent EMPID in
the meadow. Judging by its bold eye-ring, grayish color, and short primary
projection, as well as the habitat it was using, it appears to have been a
least. A MARSH WREN was singing near the platform. Other notables:
YB cuckoo 1
Acadian 4
Phoebe 1
GC fly 3
WEV 3
REV 18
Veery 4
Swainson's 1
Wood 5
Catbird 7
House wren 6
Gnatcatcher 24
BTB 6
Yellow-rump 14
BTG 2
Prairie 2
B&W 2
Worm-eating 1
Ovenbird 6
Yellowthroat 16
Hooded 1
Chat 5
Song sparrow 1
Swamp 1
White-throated 7
Towhee 4
Tanager 7 (including 1 female)
Blue grosbeak 1
Indigo bunting 13 (including 2 females)
Baltimore oriole 2 (1 female)
Rusty BB 50+
69 species total (11 warbler sp.)
My late afternoon walk in White Oaks netted me the three expected spotted
thrushes, so I had 4 species in about 10 minutes. Otherwise nothing new in
White Oaks (Renee had better luck in the morning than I did in the
afternoon - it's a bummer not being able to be two places at once . . .).
Another male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the feeder this afternoon.
Ben Jesup
Alexandria
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