Paul Pisano and I birded DC today in what will be my last day of
birding in the MD/DC area for quite some time. My goal was to finally
crest 100 for DC, but we fell just short, and I'll have to settle with
a DC list of 96 for a while.
We started today with a vigil at Gravelly Point for (hopefully) Little
Gull, but despite seeing over 300 Bonies, we came up empty with
Littles. Good duck show there too, with 7 species, highlights being a
female Red-breasted Merganser and a pair of Blue-winged Teal, not bad
consolation prizes. We decided to skip Hains Point, which turned out
to be a bad call, as we later ran into Kurt Schwarz, who told us that
there had been a Common Goldeneye there, among other things. Not much
at Anacostia Park, just a few swallows and a Caspian Tern, but
Kenilworth Park was quite nice. Best bird there was a Vesper Sparrow
seen at the end of the dirt road that is on the right as you head in,
most likely one of the ones found by Michael Bowen. There were also 4
Eastern Meadowlarks, first seen down by the far goalpost, then flushed
up into the treetops (!!), and eventually came back down to feed on
the short grass. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens was mostly lackluster, but
6 Blue-winged Teal brought our total for the day in DC to 8, Paul's
personal high count, and of course mine! To round things out we
headed to Fletcher's Boathouse hoping for a Yellow-throated Warbler or
some early migrants, and although we heard a report of Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, we had to settle with some more Northern Rough-winged
Swallows and a male Red-breasted Merganser. A quick stop at Georgetown
Reservoir yielded 3 Caspian Terns roosting with the gulls, a Pied-
billed Grebe, and eight Ring-necked Ducks.
All in all a great last day, and I look forward to coming back to this
part of the country.
Full lists from today below.
Gravelly Point (DC waters) (0630-0725):
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 2 - pair on the Potomac, flew over VA briefly (DC
and VA)
Ring-necked Duck 1f
Greater Scaup 2 - pair
Lesser Scaup 1m
Bufflehead 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1f
Double-crested Cormorant 250
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Bonaparte's Gull 304 - Nice movement of Bonies, but no Little Gulls
Ring-billed Gull 400
Herring Gull (American) 35
Great Black-backed Gull 10
American Pipit 1 - calling (VA)
15 species
Anacostia Park (0740-0755):
Canada Goose 25
Mallard 4
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Killdeer 3
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull (American) 15
Caspian Tern 1
Mourning Dove 5
Tree Swallow 9
Barn Swallow 1
European Starling 20
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
14 species
Kenilworth Park (0805-0900):
Canada Goose 52
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1 ad
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2 - Pair being repeatedly harassed by crows
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull (American) 5
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 5
Northern Flicker 16
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 25
Fish Crow 45
Barn Swallow 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 50
Field Sparrow 5
Vesper Sparrow 1 -
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 4 - Perching in treetops at one point!
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 5
35 species
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (0905-1000):
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 13
Mallard 5
Blue-winged Teal 6 - 4m 2f
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 120
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 5
20 species
C&O Canal--Fletcher's Boathouse (1035-1115):
Wood Duck 3
Red-breasted Merganser 1m - Flying inland up the Potomac
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 10
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 5
European Starling 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 6
23 species
Georgetown Reservoir (1120-1125):
Canada Goose 2
Ring-necked Duck 8
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull (American) 5
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Caspian Tern 3
7 species
62 species total
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Manomet, MA
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