You can add Dark-eyed Junco and Blue Jay to the inauguration list.
Leslie Starr
Baltimore (not today)
On Jan 21, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Hugh McGuinness wrote:
> I didn't have nearly as nice a list as Chris Tonra, but I kept a checklist for all the birds I saw from near the Reflecting Pool at the Capitol during the 2.5 hours I was packed like a sardine at the inauguration. I recorded 9 species, the highlights of which were an immature COOPER'S HAWK and an adult PEREGRINE FALCON.
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> I have to admit I saw two very small geese at Constitution Gardens about two weeks ago and I felt that they were both Canadas based on the profile of the bill and the fact that the neck was not noticeably thick in proportion to the length. I'm not saying Chris didn't see Cackling Goose, I'm just letting people know there are two very small Geese in this vicinity that I believe are Lesser Canada Goose and so caution must be used to ID small geese as Cackling Goose.
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> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Chris Tonra <cm.tonra...> wrote:
> Awesome Day! This includes Tidal Basin, Const. Gardens and the Mall...
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> Cackling Goose 2 Richardson's type, about 2/3 size of Canada's, with shorter thicker neck, darker breast, and small triangular bills one in Const. Gardens, one in Reflecting pool
> Canada Goose 300
> Mallard 20
> Ring-necked Duck 5
> Bufflehead 3
> Ruddy Duck 6
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Cooper's Hawk 1 imm., seen in park up 19th St from Const Gardens
> Ring-billed Gull 70
> Great Black-backed Gull 2
> Fish Crow 5
> American Crow 5
> crow sp. 5
> Pied-billed Grebe 2
> Rock Pigeon 45
> Merlin 1 flew over crowd during entrance announcements, just before Uncle Joe
> American Robin 2
> European Starling 12
> House Sparrow 35
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