A foggy morning at Hain's point included a few shorebirds, but a distant tern in the murk, probably a black, was the one that got away. Otherwise a couple of bank swallows and warblers. Ebird list follows.
Frank Hawkins, Washington DC
East Potomac Park--Hains Pt., District of Columbia, US-DC May 19, 2013 6:30 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) 45 species
Canada Goose 5 Double-crested Cormorant 20 Osprey 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 9 small groups (3, 2,2,1,1) flew up Potomac then along Washington channel Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Ring-billed Gull 10 Great Black-backed Gull 5 Chimney Swift 30 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 2 Fish Crow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Tree Swallow 3 Bank Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 20 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 20 Gray Catbird 15 Northern Mockingbird 4 European Starling X Cedar Waxwing 15 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Blackpoll Warbler 6 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 House Finch X American Goldfinch X House Sparrow X
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