I spent much of the day birding eastern DC by metro, mostly at Kenilworth Park fields and the Aquatic Gardens. I ended up with 65 species at Kenilworth (eBird list below), with highlights including a Purple Finch (female, at the beginning of the River Trail in KAG) and 13 warbler species.
At RFK, the shrinking puddles had no shorebirds; however, I did see some high-flying migrants heading south above the Anacostia River, including 3 Bald Eagles, a Cooper's Hawk, and numerous sky-high migrating Monarch Butterflies and dragonflies. Also, at least 1 Northern Shoveler (an somewhat uncommon DC bird) continues at Constitution Gardens.
Scott Loss
DC
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, District of Columbia, US-DC
Sep 23, 2012 7:53 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 mile(s)
65 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 45
Wood Duck 2
Blue-winged Teal 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 9
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 15
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 48
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 12
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 50
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 4
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 7 All in Kenilworth fields
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 4 2 juveniles in shrubby edge behind athletic fields; 2 along River Trail in KAG
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 1 Beginning of River Trail; heard an "off" House Finch call; spotted a female Purple Finch - same size as House Finch, clear dark spotting (short streaks) on belly and chest contrasting with white background. Bold facial pattern - dark brown auriculars bordered by thick white supercilium stripe and malar stripe. A couple other similar call notes heard in the same area, so probably 3 total.
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
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