MIDDLE ATLANTIC 
coquan N.W.R. 12 Oct (MR), Layhill Park, 
Montgomery 23 Oct (GMa, BCo), and Sky 
Meadows S.P., Fauquier 10 Aug (SBa). A 
Marsh Wren at Lilypons, Frederick, MD 23 
Nov (CH) was a rare, late find on the Pied- 
mont; and 3 Marsh Wrens at Eastern Neck 
N.W.R., Kent 26 Nov (ML) were impressive 
for the upper Bay. The 2 Swainson’s Thrushes 
at Millington W.M.A., Kent 8 Nov (MSt, 
WW), plus Swainson’s Thrushes banded at 
Foreman’s Branch 13 Nov OGf) and Kipt. 5 
Nov QR), are among the few documented 
Nov records for Maryland and Virginia. A 
Wood Thrush at Queenstown, Queen Anne’s 
29 Oct QW) was tardy. 
WARBLERS THROUGH FINCHES 
A Blue-winged Warbler was late at Lothian, 
Anne Arundel 2 Oct (ML). Single Golden- 
winged Warblers were at American Chestnut 
Land Trust, Calvert, MD 19 Sep QT) and at 
Hughes Hollows, Montgomery 21 Sep QN); 
the only Brewster’s Warbler reported was at 
Great Falls, Fairfax 31 Aug (RW). A Ten- 
nessee Warbler at L. Shenandoah, Rockingham 
8 Nov was late and unexpected (WL). An Or- 
ange-crovmed Warbler at Taylor’s L, Dorch- 
ester 20 Sep (WBe, AS) arrived early. Nashville 
Warblers in Virginia Beach 26 Nov (DS) and 
at Ben Brenman Park, Alexandria, VA 28 Nov 
(MBo) were very late. A Northern Parula at 
Perryville, Cecil 1 Nov was notable (S&EA). 
Single Yellow Warblers at Berlin, Worcester 16 
Nov (ph. MHo) and Occoquan Bay N.W.R. 22 
Nov (MR et al.) were the latest Regional 
records this season. A Magnolia Warbler at 
Leesville L., Campbell, VA 23 Oct (TDa) set a 
new late date for the Piedmont. An Audubon’s 
Warbler was seen twice in w. Henrico in late 
Nov (ABr); there are only hve previous 
records of this w. subspecies in the Virginia 
Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions. An ad. 
female Audubon’s at Assat. 9 Nov QLS et al.) 
and another at West Ocean City, Worcester 15 
Nov (ph. BHu) were more expected. A well- 
described Black-throated Gray Warbler at 
Kinder Farm Park, Anne Arundel 13 Oct (TC) 
was perhaps the season’s most unexpected 
warbler. A Yellow-throated Warbler, D. d. al- 
bilora, was at Maxwell Hall, Charles, MD 7 
Sep (BHu et al.); there are very few Maryland 
records of this subspecies in migration. An- 
other Yellow-throated Warbler, D. d. albilora, 
was at LBJ Grove, D.C. 27 Nov+ (PP et al.). A 
Yellow-throated Warbler at Roosevelt L, D.C. 
24 Oct (GA) was a very late migrant. A Prairie 
Warbler at Assat. 1-8 Nov was late (ph. DHa). 
A Bay-breasted Warbler banded at Kipt. 29 
Aug OR) was only the 6th here since 2001. 
The latest lingering Blackpoll Warbler was at 
Hopewell 8 Nov (ABr). The 138 Black-and- 
white Warblers banded at Kipt. represented a 
15-year high QR)- Two at Charles City 22 
Nov+ were very late (ABr, ABo), as was a bird 
at Hopewell 27 Nov (ABr). A late Ovenbird 
was at Rockwood Park, Chesteifield 30 Oct 
(DB). A Mourning Warbler at Elkhorn Garden 
Plots, Howard 1-17 Oct OWi) was quite late. A 
Common Yellowthroat lingered in the marsh 
at Henricus Park, Chestetfield 28-29 Nov (ph. 
ABr, AD, TT, ABo) and at Anacostia Park, 
D.C. 28 Nov (PP). A Hooded Warbler at 
Breaks Interstate Park, Buchanan 14 Oct (DR) 
established a new county late date. A fairly 
rare transient and rare winter visitor, a male 
Wilson’s Warbler lingered in Charles City 11 
Oct-29 Nov (ph. ABr). Another joined House 
Sparrows in a yard in Springheld, Faiifax, VA 
25 Nov+ (BHo). A Canada Warbler at Font 
Hill, Howard, MD 5 Oct 
QTv, BS) was late. A Yellow- 
breasted Chat was caught at 
Foreman’s Branch 3 Nov 
OGr). 
A Summer Tanager in Au- 
gusta 18 Oct was late (AL). 
Male and female Scarlet 
Tanagers were surprises at 
Pocahontas S.P, Chesterfield 
7 Nov (RE). Nine Clay-col- 
ored Sparrows were report- 
ed 30 Sep-9 Nov, all in the 
Region’s e. and n. counties 
other than a bird at Spruce 
Creek Park, Nelson, VA 17 
Oct (TH). Vesper Sparrows 
were at Charles City 9-15 
Nov (ph. ABr, ABo, J&KM) 
and Mainland Farm, James City 17 Nov (BW). 
Lark Sparrows were at Vessey’s Orchard, Som- 
erset 11 Nov+ (JLS et al.) and Charles City 9 
Nov (ABr); other singles were at Sunset Beach 
3 Sep (HTA) and at Chine. 6 (DS, AG) & 7 
Sep (P & BO). A Grasshopper Sparrow at As- 
sat. 16 Nov QLS et al.) was particularly late, 
and this species is rare at this site. With only 
four previous Piedmont records, a Le Conte’s 
Sparrow at Old Trail, Albemarle, VA 4-5 Nov 
(LS et al, ph. SMi) was an excellent and well- 
documented find. Coastal marsh sparrow 
studies in lower Northampton produced a Le 
Conte’s Sparrow 29 Nov, as well as both al- 
terus and subvirgatus Nelson’s Sharp-tailed 
Sparrows (FS). The 2 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed 
Sparrows at Poplar 23 Aug QR) were unex- 
pected, as this is not a known breeding loca- 
tion. The Fox Sparrow at Finzel Swamp, Gar- 
rett 17 Oct (DY, CKa) was early. Of the 23 Fox 
Sparrows banded at Kipt. this season, 8 were 
captured 21 Nov QR)- An egg in a Song Spar- 
row nest at Fincastle, Botetourt 27 Aug (ZT) 
established a late nesting record. A juv. Song 
Sparrow was in this nest 7 Sep but was found 
dead the next day. A Lincoln’s Sparrow at 
Rocky Gap, Allegany 3 Sep was notably early 
QGre, HP); the latest was at Eastern Neck 
.N.W.R., Kent 26 Nov (KJ). White-throated 
Sparrows arrived early at Middle Patuxent 
Environmental Area, Howard (KS) and Finzel 
Swamp, Garrett 1 Sep (RO). A White- 
crowned Sparrow banded at Kipt. 30 Sep QR) 
was well ahead of the species’ average 10 Oct 
arrival, as was another at Mill Creek L., 
Amherst (MJ). A well-observed Gambel’s 
White-crowned Sparrow was at Milltown 
Landing, Prince George’s 1 Nov (BHu, JBr). 
A Snow Bunting at Kipt. fishing pier 26-29 
Oct (JFr, RLA, JR et al.) was early for the Vir- 
ginia Coastal Plain. Single Snow Buntings 
were on Reddish Knob, Augusta 31 Oct QB) 
and at the King Family Vineyards, Albemarle 
4 Nov (PBr). Five Snow Buntings flew over 
the Prince William County Sanitary Landfill 
29 Nov (KG), and 4 were at Hughlett Pt., 
Northumberland, VA 16 Nov (ABo, TS). Dick- 
cissels were observed widely; the latest was at 
Assat. 18 Nov (GB, GJ, DHa). The Bobolink at 
West Ocean City, Worcester 15 Nov (SC, MBu) 
represented Maryland’s latest fall record, 
though there is one C.B.C. record. 
An impressive 323 Eastern Meadowlarks, 
including several large flocks moving at alti- 
tude and many singing birds, were part of a 
large movement observed near Kipt. 8 Nov 
(ESB). An ad. Western Meadowlark at Hur- 
lock, Dorchester 31 Aug-8 Sep (BHu, ML, JBr, 
RG et al.) was an exceptional find that was 
well documented with video and audio; Vir- 
ginia has no report of the species. A female 
Yellow-headed Blackbird was found at Kipt. 8 
Nov (AL, PN); an imm. male at Berlin, Worces- 
ter 29 Aug (EB) was early. A single Rusty 
Blackbird at Stuart’s Draft, Augusta 18 Oct 
(AL) set an early fall date for the county for 
Just the fifth fall record for Virginia's Piedmont region, this Le Conte's Sparrow 
skulked in tall grass bordering a golf course pond at Old Trail, Albemarle County 4 
and (here) 5 November 2008. Photograph by Stauffer Miller. 
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