Sat, Jan 15:  I spent the morning tooling around DC, with the following to
report (again, some are common, but included for the sake of the DC Comp
list):
Pied-billed Grebe - 3 in Washington Channel
Black Vulture - 1 flyover at Kenilworth Park
Snow Goose - 1 in Washington Channel (nr. the tip of Ft. McNair) with many
Canada Geese
Canada Goose - well over a thousand Canadas are in DC right now in various
places, and I couldn't find a single Cackling among them.  There are still
no confirmed records of Cackling Goose in DC
Common Merganser - c.10 females in the Tidal Basin
Bald Eagle - 1 adult over the mouth of the Anacostia
Merlin - 1 at Kenilworth Park giving the crows a run for their money.  It
was relentless in its harassment.
Killdeer - 3 at Anacostia River Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ad. at the tip of Hains (with Ring-billeds),
another on a piling opposite Anacostia River Park
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 ad along the entrance road to Kenilworth Park
Brown Creeper - 1 along entrance road to Kenilworth Park
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 at Anacostia River Park
Purple Finch - 1 flyover at Kenilworth Park
Note - there are signs that Hains Point will be closed to all pedestrian and
vehicle traffic from 15-20 Jan, presumably in preparation for the
inauguration.  Since it was open this morning, I'm assuming that the closing
time will begin when they shut the gates this evening.

Good birding,
Paul Pisano
Arlington, VA