We had a productive Sunday morning at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in D.C. leading some novice birder friends around.  Highlights included at least 3 Osprey, one of which carried a very large goldfish (maybe one of the Koi from the National Arboretum across the Anacostia River?) to a tree and ate it while we watched.  The sight of the Osprey carrying this very bright orange fish was really something!  We also had a nice flock of 42 Rusty Blackbirds in the wet woods, 3 Tree Swallows, two Yellowlegs (unidentified as to species without a scope), 3 Fox Sparrows, 2 Swamp Sparrows, and 3 Bald Eagles. The very low tide (and aggressive, noisy Canada Geese) kept waterbirds to a minimum.  A complete list from my eBird report follows.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, MD

Location:     Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens - Kenilworth Park
Observation date:     3/30/08
Notes:     Extreme low tide in marshes.  Cold with hazy skies.  Light wind.
Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     48
Wood Duck     4
Mallard     9
Great Blue Heron     4
Osprey     3
Bald Eagle     3
hawk sp.     2
Killdeer     12
Ring-billed Gull     22
Mourning Dove     4
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     3
Downy Woodpecker     6
Northern Flicker     3
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     12
American Crow     7
Fish Crow     2
crow sp.     12
Tree Swallow     3
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
American Robin     10
Northern Mockingbird     4
European Starling     6
Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
Eastern Towhee     4
Fox Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     17
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     22
Dark-eyed Junco     8
Northern Cardinal     7
Red-winged Blackbird     50
Rusty Blackbird     42
Common Grackle     6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)