I covered a few DC birding sites today. In the morning I walked most of 
Anacostia Park, from the railroad tracks down to South Capitol. most of 
the good birds were at the lower end, where I had Ruddy Ducks and the 
Pied-billed Grebe, plus both kinglets in the bushes. Just south of the 
Pennsylvania Avenue bridge, there was one goose that appeared smaller 
and grayer than the surrounding Canada Geese. Unfortunately the range 
was a bit too long for me to conclude whether this was actually a 
Cackling Goose. I do have some photos, but they do not add much to the 
story.

Anacostia Park Birds:

Pied-billed Grebe
Ruddy Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

In the afternoon I visited Georgetown Reservoir and the canal. The few 
ducks at the reservoir were far at the back, except for one Lesser Scaup 
in the foreground; I made out one Canvasback among the distant crowd. 
One adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was among the common gulls on the 
dike. At the canal I was working a lot of the deer trails between the 
canal and the river (between Fletcher's Boathouse and the Chain Bridge). 
It was back there that I found the sparrows and the Common Yellowthroat. 
The Chain Bridge ponds held Hooded and Common Mergansers.

Reservoir/Canal Birds:

Great Blue Heron (C&O)
Canvasback (GR)
Lesser Scaup (GR)
Hooded Merganser (C&O)
Common Merganser (C&O)
Red-shouldered Hawk (C&O)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (GR)
Belted Kingfisher (C&O)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (GR)
Eastern Bluebird (C&O)
Common Yellowthroat (C&O)
Field Sparrow (C&O)
Savannah Sparrow (C&O)

It was a great day to be out birding.

Good birding,

John Beetham

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John D. Beetham
Washington, DC

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