Stopped by Hains Point this morning and got a number of FOY birds for
me. Highlight was a Vesper Sparrow along the maintenance path at the S
end of the golf course, seen twice. There is also a continuing
Thrasher in the same area, another early Gnatcatcher, and had a
Laughing Gull flying up the Potomac. Full list below.

Good Birding

Chris Tonra

East Potomac Park--Hains Pt., District of Columbia, US-DC
Mar 31, 2012 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
29 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  30
Lesser Scaup  8
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Merlin  1     <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_tonra/7032283725/"
title="Merlin by chris tonra, on Flickr"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/7032283725_cd63fefa68.jpg"
alt="Merlin"></a>
Laughing Gull  1     small gull, buoyant flight, narrow wings with
extensive black at tips on underside, black bill. Young bird,
non-breeding.
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Mourning Dove  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  6
Fish Crow  15
crow sp.  10
Tree Swallow  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1     photo:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_tonra/7032283639/"
title="Blue-gray Gnatcatcher by chris tonra, on Flickr"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/7032283639_006dc47c42.jpg"
alt="Blue-gray Gnatcatcher"></a>
American Robin  12
Northern Mockingbird  1
Brown Thrasher  1     continuing bird along maintenance path between
golf course and playground
European Starling  40
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Field Sparrow  2
Vesper Sparrow  1     streaky sparrow, light brown, fleshy colored
bill, white eye-ring, and white outer tail feathers seen clearly in
flight. Seen briefly twice, first foraging in maintenance path btw
playground and golf course, then again on dirt mounds inside fenced in
area east of bathrooms. Still in relatively fresh plumage. Skiddish,
would not cooperate for photo.
Song Sparrow  10
White-throated Sparrow  8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Common Grackle  60
Brown-headed Cowbird  4

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