...Slow Summer
If early spring of this year was pretty slow , late spring and early summer were, well, pretty much the same. I did try and make a point of getting out at least once a week for a proper birding session during migration season, which was mostly successful and even got me a few new DC and Virginia birds. The first weekend in May I met up with Vikas to do a morning walk through the National Arboretum, which in my books is one of the more underrated birding spots in DC proper. I got there a bit late after doing the morning dog walk, and as I walked to catch up I happened upon a gorgeous Wood Thrush perched near the path singing its heart out. Thrushes in general are some of my favorite birds, and Wood Thrush has to be one of the best thrushes anywhere in the Americas–certainly the best in the DC area. Wood Thrush I met up with Vikas and a friend of his as they were in the process of searching out a singing Tennessee Warbler , which we eventually located in the midst of a thick h...