Date: 5/31/13 5:31 pm
From: Jason Berry <jgbrc...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Ft. Dupont - DC Birding
Hello Everyone,

I've been having trouble sleeping recently, so I thought I'd use that to my advantage and get out early to do some late May birding in the District. �I headed over to Fort Dupont with Wayne Baumgartner.

First of all,�this is the most beautiful time of the year of visit Fort Dupont due to�the large stands of Mountain Laurel blooming in the highland areas of the park (south and east). �Unfortunately, this lovely understory is mostly absent from other parks in the District (like Rock Creek).

Bird-wise we had some interesting stuff: �resident Turkeys were gobbling, 3-4�Hummingbirds were speeding around, �a presumably male Black-and-White Warbler sang on the trail from the west parking lot leading to the community garden, a calling male Kestrel was�in the mature forest (east area of the park) on a snag, and finally a possible Blackburnian Warbler was�heard by Wayne calling in the same eastern tall mature forest.

Good Birding!

Jason Berry
Washington DC�

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