Some migrants are still about, but it is becoming difficult to tell the migrants from the local breeders. The area around Constitution Gardens and the DC Veteran's Memorial had lots of Blackpolls today, mostly females. A Swainson's Thrush was singing, and (new for the Mall list), a Great Egret was fishing at the pond in Constitution Gardens. Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution irmss668@sivm.si.edu