Birds were on the move this morning at the Arboretum. I think I saw the 
same group of TUNDRA SWANS reported by Fred Fallon earlier. (These 
passed high overhead flying north at about 8:30.) I also saw a second 
group of about 50 shortly after. Two Hooded Mergansers were still on the 
lake where they were last week. The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is still in 
more or less the same area; today I saw it in a tree across the road 
from the columns parking lot. Singing Phoebes were all over the place. 
There were also singing PINE WARBLERS both at Hickey Hill and in the 
state tree grove. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was also on Hickey Hill; a few 
FOX SPARROWS were near the creek where it crosses Beechwood Road.

One Eastern Screech Owl called repeatedly from an undisclosed location. 
(This was the pinging call rather than the scream.)

Other birds:

Wood Duck (flyover, river trail)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk (one carrying a dead squirrel; two just carrying on)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Asian Garden)
Pileated Woodpecker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Winter Wren (singing, across Anacostia)
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush (Hickey Hill)
Brown Creeper (river trail)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (garden across from Bonsai Exhibit)
Eastern Towhee (singing, all over)
Field Sparrow (singing, Beechwood Road)
Dark-eyed Junco (large flock in the state trees area)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle

Good birding,

John Beetham

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John D. Beetham
Washington, DC

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