I tried for the Grasshopper Sparrow this morning and was foiled.
However, birds present
5 Chipping Sparrows
1 Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
1 Osprey working the Tidal Basin
1 N. Roughwing Swallow
In West Potomac Park
a pair of mating C. Chicadees - Atlas
15+ DC Cormorants in the Channel
Upper Rock Creek Park not much action by the time I got there
1 Red-Tailed Hawk over the Ridge area
Blue Gray Gnatcatchers behind the Maintenance Yard
Denise Ryan
Washington, DC
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From: Maryland Birds & Birding on behalf of Callan
Sent: Thu 4/14/05 2:17 PM
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Grasshopper Sparrow, DC
April 13 and April 14, Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
Two days in a row at noon-1pm I was able to get good views of one GRASSHOPPER SPARROW among a handful of CHIPPING SPARROWS on the southeast side of the Jefferson Memorial.
Callan Swenson
Falls Church, VA |