There were lots of birds in the upper meadow at Riverbend Park this morning.
Ralph Wall, Marshall Rawson, our friend Heather, and myself birded the meadow
from about 7:30 to 9:30.
There were surely more migrants then we could see clearly, or identify. The
warblers included multiple Tennessee's, Magnolias, Chestnut-sided,
Yellowthroat, Palm, Canada, Black- throated green.
We saw four Scarlet tanagers and a Rose -breasted Grosbeak; Red-eyed and
Yellow-throated vireos; Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, Peewees and Empidonax
flycatchers; a Catbird, a House Wren, and a couple of hummingbirds. And, of
course, as usual, lots of the usual domestic suspects.
If the winds continue as predicted, there could well be lots of birds
tomorrow as well.
Donald Sweig
Falls Church Virginia
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