As Rob H. already posted, this (5/10) morning at about 7:00am I refound the
first summer FRANKLIN'S GULL in the same area where Gail & Barry last saw it
yesterday.  I watched it in the rain from Buckeye Dr.  It was not visible
from the channel side of Ohio Dr.  The gate to the point was closed, so I
drove over the Anacostia River Park.  Not a whole lot there, but noteworthy
was another flock of BOBOLINKS at the north end, and 14 LAUGHING GULLS in
one of the flooded fields.

Then I drove back to Hains Pt, getting there at about 8:00am.  Again, I
could not see the Franklin's Gull from Ohio Dr and didn't try from Buckeye.
However, I did find 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, making it a 3 "hooded" gull day in
DC (woo hoo!), and 3 CASPIAN TERNS.  I drove around the point and saw/heard:

1 more BONAPARTE'S GULL
1 or 2 MARSH WRENS - a lucky find to say the least.  I heard a bird singing
from one of the tall grass patches in the middle of the golf course.  I
couldn't see it.  This was c.2/3 of the way down Ohio Dr on the channel
side.  Then I heard another wren in another patch of tall grass.  This one
was at the end of Ohio Dr on the river side (between the last bathroom and
the exit gate).  I actually saw this one as it sparred with a Song Sparrow.
The two patches are quite a good distance from each other, and I'd be
surprised if it was the same bird, but that's certainly possible.
3 AMERICAN (or is it BUFF-BELLIED?) PIPITS - in the short grass, seen from
the same spot as the 2nd Marsh Wren.
1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - along the maintenance road on the south side of the
golf course
1 female HOODED WARBLER - in the brush pile at the south end of the golf
course (seen from the maintenance road)
c.10 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS - they were all over the place

And while watching the 2nd Marsh Wren (just before the exit gate), I caught
sight of the Franklin's Gull again.  This was about 9:00am.  It flew from
the spot where I saw it at 7:00 towards the river, landing in the same
field.  All the Ring-billed Gulls got pushed over to this spot and the
Franklin's was staying with it.  There were golfers pushing the birds
around, and it's hard to say if the gulls will continue moving around the
course or take off.

Not as many shorebirds as Gail & Barry had yesterday, and only 3 species -
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY & SPOTTED SANDPIPERS.  There were swallows over
the river, but not in very big numbers and I was unable to find anything
except BARN, NO. ROUGH-WINGED & TREE.

Good birding,
Paul Pisano
Arlington, VA