Hi everyone,
I also did a bit of post-storm birding in DC today from 2:00-3:30. I started at the Tidal Basin where I had 3 Common Loons, 4 Shovelers (the same birds that have been on Constitution Ponds?), a Pied-billed Grebe and 4 Ruddy Duck. I birded the basin from the MLK Monument to the outlet of the Ohio Drive bridge. Walking back upriver along the Potomac produced 2 Green-winged Teal which made several passes along the river. The river was rushing and was quite full of debris so the teal were never able put down. 2 Killdeer fly bys and a decent sized flock of Laughers were also along this stretch.
Hains Point was mostly closed but you are able to drive about half way down the Washington Channel Side. I was here I found a single Forster's Tern with about 50 Laughing Gulls (along with a single GBB Gull).
Georgetown Reservior held only 6 Bufflehead and a single Pied-billed Grebe on one side (SE) and 9 Ruddy Ducks on the other (NW).
Will McPhail
Arlington, VA
On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:47:24 PM UTC-4, Jason DC wrote:
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> This morning I got out and birded the Potomac with Paul Pisano and was later joined by Frank Hawkins.� Bird activity pretty good an got better as the morning wore on.� Highlights include: RED-THROATED LOONS, DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,� as well as Green-winged Teal, Pie & Horned Grebe, a couple high-flying flocks of Pintail, and Forester's Tern patrolling the river.��
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> I made a brief stop at McMilian Reservoir and found a lone Common Loon, 5 Buffleheads, 22 Ring-necked Ducks, and a couple of Pie-billed Grebes.� With birds seeming to be on the move, I wonder if anything interesting might show up in the afternoon.
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> Details of our observations will be on eBird later today.
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> Good Birding!
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> Jason Berry
> Washington, DC
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