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DC Blockbusting

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Rob Hilton

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Rob Hilton

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Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:02:49 -0700

Hi everyone,  
 
Highlights from this morning's blockbusting with Paul
Pisano and John Hubbell.  

Fort Dupont Park in Southeast DC, from around 6:45 to
8:15 am.  We spent our time in and around the picnic
area loop road, which goes on top of a hill with
mature trees and lots of undergrowth.  We heard a
calling YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, a singing OVENBIRD, and
saw a male SCARLET TANAGER and a male Ruby-throated
Hummingbird.  Off in the distance we may have heard a
Pileated Woodpecker calling.  
 
We then spent about an hour along Fort Circle Park
Hiker and Biker Trail, where we spent at least an
hour.  The segment south of Pennsylvania Avenue was
rich!  There are a lot of mature trees and much
undergrowth.  The best bird there was a WORM-EATING
WARBLER that sang twice.  We also heard a singing
OVENBIRD, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, and several
Acadians and pewees.  Another nice sight was a pair of
Great Crested Flycatchers fluttering around a hole
that seemed to hold a nest.  
 
After 9:30 we headed to Kenilworth Park where we heard
and saw a couple of Yellow-breasted Chats, but
detected neither Eastern Meadowlark, Field Sparrow,
nor Snow Goose, all species present last weekend. 
Northern Parula was singing at two places in the
Aquatic Gardens (one bird or two?), and I practically
stepped on a water snake.  
 
Rob Hilton
aimophila10
Bethesda 
yahoo.com
Maryland

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