Working from home once in a while has the advantage that you can have a
longer lunch break. Instead of having lunch in the office, I went to
Monticello Park to check out the warbler status. Overall it was fairly quiet
but I still managed to find 11 warbler species. Many warblers were high up
in the tree so I did end-up with warbler neck. Best birds were Canada
Warbler (new for VA), Blackburnian Warbler (one male), Bay-breasted Warbler
(male) and 2 Magnolia Warblers. The thrushes were fairly quiet and I did
not see a single Hermit Thrush or Wood Thrush. That was a surprise. However
seeing Gray-cheeked, Swainson's, and Veery made up for it.
Happy birding!
Gerco
Vienna, VA
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
4 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
3 Carolina Wren
1 Veery
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
2 Swainson's Thrush
1 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
7 Cedar Waxwing
2 Northern Parula
2 Magnolia Warbler
4 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Ovenbird
2 Northern Waterthrush
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Canada Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Northern Cardinal
4 Common Grackle
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 House Sparrow
