Date:         Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:51:59 -0400
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From:         "Walsh, Paul (NCI)" <WalshP@MAIL.NIH.GOV>
Subject:      Roosevelt Isd Sat 20 Apr
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I had 58+ species on, from or close to the island today (mid morning to mid
afternoon) - 2 in VA only:

D-c Cormorant
**Green Heron 1
**Yellow-crowned Night Heron 1 (marsh @ low tide)
GB Heron 1
BCN Heron 2
Can Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Am Kestrel 1
Turkey Vulture 2
buteo sp. 1 (+ 5 over Georgetown)
Am Coot 1
Rb Gull
H Gull
GBb Gull
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
Northern Flicker 1+
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Downy Wood
Hairy Wood
Red-bellied Wood
*Chimney Swift 30+ visible over Georgetown (+ 1 Grosvenor metro 21 Apr)
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5+
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Blue Jay lots
Am (+ Fish??) Crow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6+, including nest-building
*Eastern Kingbird 1 (+ 1 on VA shore)
*Catbird 2 (also, 1 back at Rollins/East Jefferson, Rockville 21 + 22 Apr)
**Brown Thrasher 1 @ monument
[N Mockingbird VA shore]
Hermit Thrush 1
*Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
**White-eyed Vireo 1 singing N end
*Red-eyed Vireo 1
[*Warbling Vireo singing on VA shore @ island carpark]
Yellow-rumped Warblers
**Northern Parula 2+ singing
Black-and-white Warbler 2
*Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee
Starling
**Brown-headed Cowbird 1 male
Common Grackle lots
Red-winged Blackbird
N Cardinal
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
House Sparrow
Am Goldfinch
House Finch

Maybe missed a few song/call-only species.

* = my first of year; ** = ticks

Species missed (but recorded over 4 earlier visits 21 March-13 April)
included: Osprey, Black Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk,
Cooper's Hawk, Merlin, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Belted Kingfisher, Cliff
Swallow, Winter Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned
Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, Song
Sparrow.  (Just got on the list.)


Paul Walsh,
Rockville, MD (+ Cork, Ireland)

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