I took a swing around Hains Point today, with a quick stop at the  
Tidal Basin afterwards as well. There were a couple nice things around  
at Hains, but the Tidal Basin was dead for the most part. The floating  
dock that has been hosting the good gulls was devoid of a single  
winged creature.
One of the Red-necked Grebes continues from last week, in the channel  
on the DC side, perhaps 1/3 of the way out to the tip. There were  
great numbers of Ring-billed Gulls feeding out in the Potomac, most on  
the water but some feeding actively in the air. There was also a nice  
gull roost over at Anacostia Park, but I was unable to even tell the  
size of the birds in it because of the terrible heat haze. My FOS  
Eastern Phoebe was out at the tip, a nice harbinger of spring. There  
were also cherry trees (2-3) in full blossom!
Full list from today below.




E. Potomac Park - Hains Point (1300-1400):


Canada Goose     35
Mallard     16
Pied-billed Grebe     2
Red-necked Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     66
Great Blue Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron     3
American Coot     3
Ring-billed Gull     1100
Herring Gull (American)     55
Great Black-backed Gull     18
Rock Pigeon     3
Mourning Dove     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
American Crow     4
Fish Crow     12
American Robin     5
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     80
Song Sparrow     1
Common Grackle     6
House Sparrow     4


22 species


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


Good birding,
Ian Davies
Manomet, MA

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