During a quick lunchtime walk around the Mall and the Tidal Basin, I saw
     An Osprey catch a large gizzard shad in the Tidal Basin
     An adult Red-tailed Hawk perched on the northwest corner of the USDA North Building, being harassed by (it seemed) most of the Mall's breeding species:  Mockingbird, American Robin, House Sparrow, House Finch, Starling.  The Mockingbird was actually making contact.  
     The other highlight was a Scarlet Tanager singing from the Tidal Basin cherries between the Ohio Drive bridge and the future MLK monument.
     The only obvious migrants were Blackpolls.

Jim Felley
Smithsonian Institution


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