MD Osprey:

No dice.

I put in about an hour at National Harbor. I was hoping the bird 
would be heading down the river (in Maryland waters) back towards 
open waters. However, for consolation, I had the pier virtually to 
myself ... "George and Martha" (adult Bald Eagles) were on their 
usual roost ... some nice Jimmy Buffet and the calypso music was 
being piped in, with a cool breeze ... all I needed was an ice cold 
Land Shark beer ... but I digress ...

Thought about taking a mini pelagic on the water taxi ...

Drove across the WW Bridge (I forgot that you can walk across it now 
... and bird from the apex?) and then drove up the Alexandria 
shoreline to Gravelly Point ... I had forgotten how much fun it is to 
watch airplanes land just over your head ... but I digress again ...

I really gotta get out more ... <grin>

Phil


At 17:29 08/04/2010, Phil Davis wrote:
>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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