Hi All,
Before work, I checked out the National Arboretum. I spied a kettle of hawks NE of the Arboretum and it turned out to be a stream of 4 kettles comprising about 85 Broad-winged Hawks. Along with them was a Red-tailed Hawk and Peregrine Falcon.
I also happened across at flock of Blue Grosbeaks (4-6) near the old Columns. Warbler action was slow, but a few were still present.
Below is the eBird list along with a number of photos.
Good Birding!
Jason Berry
Washington, DC
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Broad-winged Hawk 85 4 kettles with approximately 20 birds in each. Birds moving NE > SW. Photo of one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6198537490/
Red-tailed Hawk 3
hawk sp. 1 Likely an immature Red-tailed Hawk, but interesting "windows" at the end of the wings. Also possibly a Broad-winged hawk... Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6197971909/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6198490986/
Peregrine Falcon 1
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 12
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 10
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Very bright bird with nice spectacles and bright yellow breast
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 24
Carolina Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 5 Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6198585200/
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Blue Grosbeak 4 at least 4 feeding in weedy scrub near ruin Columns (could have been 6!). Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6197974323/
and http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6197975565/
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Sparrow 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
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