I took a quick jaunt around Hains Point today, along with a thousand  
other people looking at cherry blossoms. It was just about the perfect  
day, the trees are right at peak now.
Anyways, for birds, the highlight was three Red-necked Grebes, the  
three consisting of a lone bird in the channel about half way down,  
and two birds together under the Metro bridge on the Potomac. The  
Osprey are back on the nest on the rusty bridge over the Potomac as  
well. Grebes were well represented overall, with the other two  
obligatory species, including a couple Horned in partial breeding  
plumage, one of which had perfect Eared Grebe plumage. If only the  
rest of the bird went along with it!
Full list from today below.




E. Potomac Park - Hains Point (1130-1230):


Canada Goose     25
Mallard     12
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Horned Grebe     2 - partial breeding plumage
Red-necked Grebe     3
Double-crested Cormorant     22
Great Blue Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Osprey     2
Bonaparte's Gull     1 ad
Ring-billed Gull     65
Herring Gull     40
Great Black-backed Gull     12
Rock Pigeon     3
Fish Crow     12
American Robin     4
Song Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Common Grackle     3
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     1


23 species


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


Good birding,
Ian Davies
Manomet, MA (currently Arlington, VA)

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