Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 15:09:14 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: DC birds, 1-1-04 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The annual "Earliest Bird" field trip of the Montgomery Bird Club ran this morning in mild, sunny weather that was almost balmy compared with previous years. We started at Georgetown Reservoir (GR), went on to the Tidal Basin (TB), then Washington Channel (WC) and Hains Point (HP), took a few minutes to divert to the Ripley Garden of the Smithsonian Institution (SI) on the Mall, and ended the morning along the Anacostia River in Anacostia Park (AP). All points visited were within the District of Columbia. The list: PIED-BILLED GREBE DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT GREAT BLUE HERON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (WC) CANADA GOOSE MALLARD REDHEAD (2 drakes in GR) RING-NECKED DUCK BUFFLEHEAD RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (2 hens in TB) COOPER'S HAWK (an imm. at GR, and a perched adult by the HP golf course) RED-TAILED HAWK (imm. bird near the South Capitol Bridge) AMERICAN KESTREL (2 in AP) MERLIN (HP) AMERICAN COOT KILLDEER (3 in AP) RING-BILLED GULL HERRING GULL GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL ROCK PIGEON RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (SI) DOWNY WOODPECKER BLUE JAY AMERICAN CROW FISH CROW AMERICAN ROBIN (big flock near Lincoln Memorial) NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD EUROPEAN STARLING SONG SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE (12 flying over SI) HOUSE FINCH HOUSE SPARROW Happy New Year to all MD/DC Birders! Mike Bowen Montgomery Bird Club A Chapter of MOS Bethesda, MD D. H. Michael Bowen (Mike) 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda MD 20817-3845 Tel/Fax: (301) 530-5764 e-mail: dhmbowen@yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================