I stopped by Hains Pt, DC yesterday in the late morning (Saturday, 5/14)
and this morning (Sunday, 5/15). As for Saturday's birds, I went there
after a very quiet morning at Rock Creek Park, and wish that I had gone
straight to Hains instead. I saw more warblers at Hains than I did at
Rock Creek. This included:
Blackburnian W. (female)
Blackpoll W. (male & female)
Yellow W. (male)
Yellowthroat (male & female)
Black-throated Blue W. (male)
Chestnut-sided W. (male)
American Redstart (male)
All these birds were in the mature trees by the southernmost bathrooms,
near the maintenance road. And just as exciting was a singing WILLOW
FLYCATCHER. The bird was heard from this spot, but the sound was coming
from the playground equipment. Eventually I walked over there, but the
bird was quiet at that point and I did not refind it.
I went back this morning, hoping for a stray shorebird or something, but
it was quiet on that front (and not as much standing water as I had
hoped). But the consolation was a singing ALDER FLYCATCHER that I heard
as soon as I got out of my car, which was parked along the Channel side,
just before the maintenance road. Sometimes it would give the full
"rhe-BE-er", but other times it gave an abbreviated, "BE-er" song. I
parked behind Frank Hawkins, so I knew he was around. I called him and
he came over and we heard the bird several more times and eventually saw
it in the top of a Willow Oak opposite where the maintenance road meets
the main road on the Channel side. Tide was high and the road was
flooded near the tip, so we weren't surprised when a cop came by and
said they were closing the point and that we had to leave.
From Hains we went to Anacostia Park, and by now you've read about all
the great birds we had there. I think the only addition to Jason's list
was a pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS by the crane with the Osprey's nest on it
and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
Good birding,
Paul Pisano
Arlington, VA
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