I found a clay-colored sparrow this morning at about 6:45am between 17th
St. and the north side of the WWII Memorial (at the edge of Constitution
Gardens), in the District of Columbia (I know, not Virginia, but its
close). I heard it singing first, then quickly located it in a small
tree. I lingered over it for a while, then proceeded to the south side
of the reflecting pool to explore the migrant trap. It did not
disappoint, with a nice mix of birds. Skip Hyberg and I found yellow,
yellow-rumped, blackburnian, chestnut-sided, black-throated blue, palm,
and black-and-white warblers, ovenbird, northern waterthrush, veery,
great-crested flycatcher, eastern kingbird, Baltimore oriole, orchard
oriole, rose-breasted grosbeak, chipping sparrow, red-eyed vireo, and
warbling vireo.
Marc Ribaudo
Economic Research Service
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