This morning, while conducting more ASNV point counts, I was surprised to find
a
beautiful male black-throated green warbler singing in one of the scraggly huge
oaks on the East Campus (Lower/Middle School) of Flint Hill School near the
very
busy route 123 in Oakton. When I first moved to Oakton these campus oaks had
summering wood pewee, yellow-throated and red-eyed vireo, and great crested
flycatcher. But now these birds are all gone. However, during migration the
warblers passing through really like these oaks.
By the way, yesterday I checked on the rose-breasted grosbeak heard in another
Oakton location last week (edge of Ashlawn Park), but the bird could not be
found in the 15 minutes that I listened. I will try again. Chances are that
the grosbeak and the bt green were just late migrants passing through.
All the best
Fred
Frederick D. Atwood
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
