Tuesday, May 6, 2008, am, Base of Rocky Face ridge near Dug Gap: Today was a bit of a nice surprise with good variety, good views and lots of singing. Highlights: Yellow-rumped warbler - several Black-throated Green warbler - several Black and white warbler - many scattered about Worm-eating warbler 1-2 (heard only) Blackburnian Warbler 3-5 (heard only) Black-throated blue warbler 3-5 [I saw zero here all of last spring] Cape may Warbler 6-8 Magnolia Warbler 4-5 [always a striking spring bird] Black poll Warbler 10-15 Yellow-breasted Chat 10-12 (lots of displaying) Blue-winged Warbler -1 (good views) Hooded Warbler -1 Pine Warbler - few scattered (heard only) Chestnut-sided Warbler 1-2 (heard only) AMERICAN REDSTART -1m [FOS] CANADA WARBLER - 1-2 [FOS] NORTHERN PARULA 4-5 [FOS] (first sighting of these at DG for me - nice surprise) KENTUCKY WARBLER 1 [FOS] finally! (nemesis bird for me - observed this one well at close range) also probable: Cerulean Warbler 1-2 (heard only) Bay-breasted Warbler - few (heard only) (4 unusual misses were Ovenbird, prairie, palm-getting late?, common yellow-throat) BLUE GROSBEAK - 1 [FOS] Blue-gray gnatcatcher - several Great Crested Flycatcher few (heard only) Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1-2 (heard only) Indigo bunting several Pileated Woodpecker few Great Blue Heron 1 flyover Red eyed vireo many everywhere Blue headed vireo 1-2 (heard only) Summer Tanager - many Scarlet Tanager - many Wood thrush - several Swainson's Thrush - several (some singing) Ruby-crowned Kinglets and White-throated sparrows did not appear. Adam Smith Dalton (Whitfield County) NW Georgia

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