I think I'll down to National Harbor ... the sun will be on the wrong 
side, but ...

Phil
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At 17:16 08/04/2010, Rob Hilton wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Paul Pisano texted me a little more than a half-hour ago; he thinks 
>he may have seen the frigatebird from his subway car while the 
>subway was crossing the Potomac River.  He is not positive about his 
>identification, as he saw it briefly.  But he did run home from the 
>subway, ransacked his books while on the phone with me, and ran out 
>to his car to try to locate it.
>
>At a little before 4:40 pm the bird in question, was "over the 
>pentagon marina".  He is not sure if what he saw was the frigatebird 
>sighted by Robert Steele this morning.  Nevertheless, he is going to 
>investigate.  I may head down to the river in about a half an hour 
>after I eat something (and the traffic dies down or starts to).
>
>Good birding,
>
>Rob Hilton
>Silver Spring, MD
>
>++++++++
>Subject: Magnificent Frigatebird at Hains Point DC
>From: Robert Steele <rsteele936 AT MSN.COM>
>Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 08:42:37 -0400
>I was doing my early morning tour of Hains pt. at about 8 am looking for
>migrating Caspian Terns, when looking north up the Potomac I was 
>astonished to
>notice a bird gliding south that I never seen before. I watched it 
>glide south
>for about two or three minutes. It looked to be close to the size of a Great
>Blue Heron and had long narrow black wings with a white underbelly. It had a
>long narrow black tail.
>
>As it glided past Hains pt. I ran to get my sibleys and confirmed 
>that it was a
>Magnificent Frigatebird. It is our 97th bird here at the National Mall this
>year and the first since May. It this bird ever seen flying over DC?
>

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