Will McPhail & I did the grand tour of DC waters today - as mentioned  
by many others the biggest challenge was finding H20 in it's liquid  
form.  No great water creatures down at Anacostia Park, but the usual  
Peregrine was perched over by the Navy Cruiser and the Orange-crowned  
Warbler was present.

The Washington Channel over at Hains Point held one female Common  
Merganser and a small group of Lesser Scaup.  The Hains Point Merlin  
was on the golf course and a Cooper's Hawk was fluffing itself low  
down in a tree along the road.  We didn't see the Cackling Goose, but  
admittedly were more focused on a duck search.

We then headed over to Alexandria, VA to view the DC waters.  A Horned  
Grebe and solitary Ruddy Duck were the best (i.e. only) finds other  
than the usual gulls and geese.  Another Peregrine was found perched  
on the Wilson Bridge conveniently on the span that we think is  
technically in DC.  Extralimital - Will found a Savannah Sparrow at  
Jones Point Park.

By the airport were a few Buffleheads (in DC waters) and a Red-tailed  
Hawk.  By that point we were frozen & starving so we didn't check out  
the Georgetown Reservoir - probably the only open DC water that we  
missed today.

Cheers,
Steve Hersey
Washington, DC