Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 04:55:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fran Saunders Subject: DC Comp List Updates MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT This report comes to you courtesy of Rob Hilton, who has very graciously agreed to act as compiler for the DC List. We added an additional 17 species, giving DC 209 plus 1 possible new species, and 67.4% of the official list! Week before May 11 (Ottavio Janni picked this up from Teen Birdchat!!) Whip-poor-will!!! Rock Creek Park Nathan Senner (see below) May 13 Northern Bobwhite, Ottavio Janni, Lisa Shannon, me, and Mike Milton etal. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Marsh Trail (big surprise!) Eastern Screech Owl, Rock Creek Park (OJ LS RH) (See also below) Common Nighthawk, Haines Point (LS OJ RH) Least Flycatcher, Fort Dupont (Greg Gough) Willow Flycatcher, Anacostia Wetlands (OJ LS RH) White-crowned Sparrow, K. A. G. (GG) Earlier than May 13, all at Kingman lake near RFK stadium Semipalmated Plover--GG Semipalmated Sandpiper--GG (I think; Ottavio may have spotted it on May 13) Least Sandpiper--GG Pectoral Sandpiper--GG Bill Dobbins reported a DICKCISSEL from the Marsh Trail, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Sunday, May 14. Ottavio Janni was unable to relocate it later that day. May 16 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Rock Creek Park, Bill Dobbins From David Mozurkewich: Marsh wren at the Aquatic Gardens May 3 (see also below) From Greg Gough (In addition to those above): Forster's Tern-one a couple of weeks ago at flats by Benning Bridge Least Flycatcher-one Sat. at Fort Dupont Marsh Wren-one flushed a couple of weeks ago from wetland in Anacostia River Park Cerulean Warbler-one heard at Arb in first week of May Evening Grosbeak-one in early May in Anacostia River Park (near Benning Road-female, seen). Also, second-hand report from Deanna Dawson of screech owl at Fort Dupont last week. Key to initials: Ottavio Janni (OJ), Lisa Shannon (LS), Greg Gough (GG), Rob Hilton (RH). My thanks to all...especially to Rob. Fran -------------------------------- Fran Saunders Web Site Director Maryland Ornithological Society Silver Spring, Maryland webmaster@mdbirds.org http://www.MDBirds.org/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================