Dear All

I did a quick run round the TB/Hains/Anacostia yesterday afternoon.  The snow ploughists have done a fine job in our 'hood but Hains Pt is not open and still snowy.

No birds of particular note.  There were about 500 Canada Geese aroundwith a bunch grazing on exposed turf on the northern end of the golf course.  Surprisingly there was nothing else whatsoever feeding on the exposed grass not even a Starling, let alone a Horned Lark.  There were about a dozen Pied-billed Grebes scattered about, 1 Ruddy on the Anacostia, 1 Lesser Scaup and two Coots in the Washington Channel - yawn - and the only gulls of note were a few more Greater Black back on the 'costia than when I last looked a week ago.

The easy high spot was raptor action in the form of two Peregrines chasing and successfully catching a Starling on the Anacostia.  The poor sturnus was plucked atop one of the Osprey nests whilst still kicking and screaming.

Then an hour of traffic to get home...

Cheers

Gary Allport

gallport @ audubon.org