Greetings all:
In addition to large numbers of Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, Great
Black-backed Gulls, and Mallards, quick trips to the waters in and around
our Nation's Capital yielded the following:
Saturday, 1/27/07
Hains Point (2:30 pm)
Lesser Scaup -- 25 near the shore; large raft off Ft. McNair shimmering in
the heat waves
American Wigeon -- 2
McMillan Reservoir (5:30 pm)
Pied-billed Grebe -- 4
Ring-necked Duck -- 2
Sunday, 1/28/07
Washington Channel (7:30 am)
Lesser Scaup -- 7
Pied-billed Grebe -- 1
Double-crested Cormorant -- 2
Tidal Basin (7:50)
Red-breasted Merganser -- 1
Common Merganser -- 1
Pied-billed Grebe -- 1
Roosevelt Island (8:30)
Black-crowned Night Heron -- 1
Pied-billed Grebe -- 4
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Andrew J. Dubill
NW Washington, DC |