Greetings, 

Paul Pisano and I were birding at East Potomac Park
this morning when I spotted an adult (hrota
subspecies) Brant flying down from the Anacostia River
into the Potomac River.  It landed closer to
Arlington, then swam toward us for a few minutes
before it took off downriver.  This is the third Brant
I have seen in DC; I believe all of them were seen in
late October.  

Later, at Kenilworth Park in northeast DC, Paul
spotted two different Vesper Sparrows; a half hour
later in a nearby part of the park he spotted two of
the same species, so he may have seen four.  I saw the
first two but poorly.  An American Pipit flew over the
park, a Merlin grabbed a flying bird, two male
American Kestrels tussled, an adult Bald Eagle flew
overhead.  After Paul left I saw one Western Palm
Warbler among all the Yellow Palm Warblers, a Great
Egret flew around the park's edge, and a dozen or so
Chipping Sparrows were near the first parking lot.  

Rob Hilton
aimophila10
Silver Spring
yahoo
Maryland


 
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