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Cerulean and 11 other warblers at Rock Creek Park

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David Apgar

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David Apgar

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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:29:46 -0400

Slow in general despite the strange bursts of wonderful birds.  The male 
cerulean sounded like a real slacker, more like a prairie warbler, singing from 
the tops of the trees just before the stables (including the low trees just 
above the stable offices).  I saw him at 7:15 and relocated him at 8:15.

Common loon, flying over the maintenance yard (MY)
Green heron, MY fly-over

Ring-billed gull, several MY fly-overs

Rock dove
Mourning dove
Yellow-billed cuckoo, MY
Chimney swift
Red-bellied woodpecker

Great crested flycatcher, reported at MY

American crow
Fish crow
Blue jay
Blue-headed vireo, MY

Parids
White-breasted nuthatch
House wren
Blue-grey gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned kinglet, in song at nature center loop (NCL)

American robin
Wood thrush, many heard
Grey catbird
Northern mockingbird
European starling

House sparrow, blanketing stable yards

American goldfinch, as frenetic as the white-throated sparrow, but why?
House finch

American redstart, boys and girls
Northern parula
Black-and-white

Nashville, reported at NCL

Cape may, heard singing high in trees to the right of the MY tangle
Blackburnian, reported at NCL
Yellow-rumped, partying everywhere
Black-throated green, better at ridge
Palm, MY and NCL
Black-throated blue
Cerulean, male singing as if on territory in trees east (right) of stable offices

Ovenbird, heard at ridge

Brown-headed cowbird, behaving irresponsibly
Common grackle
Baltimore oriole, heard at MY

Scarlet tanager

Northern cardinal
Rose-breasted grosbeak, showy male duet at MY

Eastern towhee
Song sparrow
Chipping sparrow
White-throated sparrow, frenetic pre-flight behavior

David Apgar