I saw what was presumably my last white-throat on 5/20, a few days later
than my average last spring sighting.
There were good numbers of migrants in White Oaks through last Thursday, but
progressively less since then.
Warblers:
5/19 - 19 (5 species)
5/20 - 17 (6 species)
5/21 - 6 (5 species)
5/22 - 3 (3 species)
5/23 - 1 blackpoll
5/24 - 1 "
Oddly, on Sunday I finally had my first cuckoo of the year in the park.
This is not unprecedented: once in the last 10 years I had a spring without
hearing a cuckoo in the park. I also had my only GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
sighting on Wednesday.
Another measure of migration is my bicycle commute. I don't ride every day,
but during my last three 12-mile morning rides, I heard the following number
of blackpolls:
5/19 - 30
5/21 - 20
5/24 - 7
Ben Jesup
Alexandria
