DC Audubon 2006 Birdathon results from yesterday for the DC Aububon 
Team "City Flickers", (Michael Kaspar, John Beetham and Denise Ryan) had 
101 birds between 5:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.  Full species results at the end.

We visited Rock Creek Park (RCP), Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens (KAG), 
Kennilworth Park (KP), Kingman and Heritage Island, Anacostia River Park, 
Potomac Point, MacMillain Reservoir, Fletchers Boathouse on the C & O 
Canal and Chain Bridge before returning back to Rock Creek Park and the 
golf course.  We had a goal of reaching 100 birds - and using MD Osprey 
postings from the previous day, had hoped the nice fallout of warblers 
would help.  Warbler action was slower on Saturday, but we were still able 
to round up 16 warbler species in the city.

We were delighted to find a flock of 20+ mixed male and female Bobolinks, 
1 Eastern Meadowlark (thanks for the heads up Rob), Blue Grosbeak, singing 
Field Sparrow, and Savannah Sparrows at Kennilworth Park.  Spotted and 
Solitary Sandpipers were moderately plentiful around the small ponds at 
KAG, and the wooded river trail was plentiful with vireos and Warblers.  
We had 3 kinds of vireos singing along the trail - Yellow-throated Vireo, 
White-eyed Vireo and Red-Eyed Vireos. A nice surpise Yellow-crowned Night 
Heron sitting back from the trail along the river.  Lots of warblers were 
still singing along the trail when we arrived around 10 a.m. - 
Prothonotary, Yellow, Common Yellowthroats, Magnolia, Blackburnian and 
Northern Parula.
MacMillian Res was nearly empty when we dropped by.

Rock Creek Park yielded its usual good varieties of migrants and resident 
birds.  Based on some owl prowls from two years ago - found Woodcock on 
the golf course that seem to respond to Great Horned Owl taped calls by 
displaying.  This year was not a disappointment and we had multiple birds 
displaying.

Big misses for the day - Red-tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, all falcons, other 
hawks, Black Vulture, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Wilson's Snipe, no terns, 
only 2 kinds of gulls and no Purple Martins.  Better timing on our part 
and visiting Constitution Gardens and Hains point probably would have 
helped, but we might have missed other species.  

Returning to RCP late in the day, we found the Louisiana Waterthrush along 
the creek at Broad branch Road, before going back to the Maintenance Yard 
to check for the Least Flycatcher Gail mentioned was there in the 
morning.  If it was there, it was not singing.

Woodcock was bird 100 for the day, so we went back to the woods to try for 
just one more - Eastern Screech Owl.  Our taped results yielded at least 
three, and sounded more like four Eastern Screech Owls vocalizing at close 
range.  We took that as a salute to exceeding the 100-bird goal and called 
it a night.

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck – Potomac Point across from Washington Navy Yard
Mallard
Double-Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron – pair at KAG
Black-Crowned Night Heron – Fletchers Boathouse adult with juv.
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron – Chain Bridge flyover and KAG 
Turkey Vulture
Osprey – Kingman Island and Potomac Point
Red-Shouldered Hawk – KAG
Killdeer – Kennilworth Park
Solitary Sandpiper - KAG
Spotted Sandpiper – KAG
American Woodcock – Rock Creek Golfcourse (multiple birds displaying and 
peenting)
Laughing Gull
Ring-Billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo – KAG
Eastern Screech Owl - RCP
Barred Owl - RCP
Common Nighthawk – RCP Maintenance Yard
Chimney Swift - KAG
Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Fletchers Boathouse C & O Canal
Belted Kingfisher – KAG
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee – RCP
Acadian Flycatcher – RCP
Eastern Phoebe – RCP and Kingman Island
Great Crested Flycatcher – KAG
Eastern Kingbird – KAG, Potomac Point
White-eyed Vireo – KAG
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo – RCP Maintenance Yard
Warbling Vireo – Fletchers Boathouse C & O Canal
Red-eyed Vireo – RCP, KAG
Blue Jay - RCP
American Crow
Fish Crow – KAG
Tree Swallow – KAG
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – KAG & Fletchers Boathouse C & O Canal
Barn Swallow – KAG
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird 
Veery
Swainson's Thrush – RCP
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing – lots at KAG, Kennilworth Park, Fletchers Boathouse and RCP
Northern Parula – RCP, KAG
Yellow Warbler - KAG
Chestnut-sided Warbler – RCP
Magnolia Warbler – RCP and KAG
Black-throated Blue Warbler – RCP
Yellow-rumped Warbler – RCP and KAG
Blackburnian Warbler – RCP and KAG
Blackpoll Warbler – RCP
Cerulean Warbler – RCP
Black-and-White Warbler – RCP
American Redstart – RCP
Prothonotary Warbler – KAG
Ovenbird – RCP
Louisiana Waterthrush – RCP along Broad Branch Road
Common Yellowthroat – RCP and KAG
Hooded Warbler – RCP and KAG
Scarlet Tanager – RCP
Eastern Towhee - RCP
Chipping Sparrow - RCP
Field Sparrow – Kennilworth Park beyond the barricade
Savannah Sparrow – Kennilworth Park no mow meadow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - RCP
White-throated Sparrow – RCP Maintenance Yard
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak – Kennilworth Park beyond the barricade
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink – Kennilworth Park no mow meadow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark – Kennilworth Park no mow meadow
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole - Fletchers Boathouse and Potomac Point
Baltimore Oriole - RCP
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Denise Ryan
DC Audubon City Flickers
Cheverly, MD