On Saturday, January 7, Brent Elementary, a DC Public School on Capitol Hill, hosted its 3rd annual New Year's Bird Count for Kids. This event is one a growing number of Christmas Bird Counts for Kids held across the country and founded by Sonoma Birding in Sonoma, California.
Turnout was great, although an exact count of participants eluded us, we're estimating between 200-250 people from our school community came out, including about 90-100 kids and their families. There was huge enthusiasm for birding all around, and many people had a great time with birds. The beautiful day certainly helped, this was the first time we've done this event at Brent without snow! Thank you to our walk leaders and other volunteers for making this event possible.
A complete list compiled by our three student teams follows. Highlights, named by the kids, include great black backed gull, american robin, and great blue heron.
Haines Point
led by Paul Baicich, Neil Koch, Jennifer Epstein, and Elizabeth Jackson
canada goose 10
mallard 50
ring-billed gull 47
gull sp. 15
american crow 4
northern mockingbird 1
european starling 83
total species: 8 total individuals: 211
Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens
led by Alicia King and Dan Rausch
canada goose 33
mallard 18
great blue heron 4
black vulture 2
turkey vulture 3
ring-billed gull 44
great black-backed gull 2
mourning dove 1
red bellied woodpecker 2
blue jay 1
american crow 2
fish crow 2
crow sp. 14
american robin 7
cedar waxwing 2
european starling 3
song sparrow 2
total species: 18 total individuals: 143
National Arboretum
led by Dave Wood and Molly Edmonds
great blue heron 1
ring-billed gull 10
herring gull 1
mourning dove 12
red bellied woodpecker 1
yellow bellied sapsucker 1
downy woodpecker 3
crow sp. 4
carolina wren 1
eastern bluebird 8
american robin 35+
cedar waxwing 3
european starling 1
white throated sparrow 7
dark eyed junco 2
northern cardinal 2
american goldfinch 2
house sparrow 2
white breasted nuthatch 3
Total species: 18 Total individuals: 127
Altogether, 29 species and 481 individuals
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