Hi all, 

Late this morning Barry and I went down to Hains Point, DC, to see what was about. Not a very nice day, and the strong NW wind coming off the river made things rather unpleasant. A few FOS for us but no rarities, alas. Since the golf course drainage issues have been fixed we don't see the large pools with resting gulls which, in past springs, have yielded Franklin's Gulls as well as shore birds. Good for the golfers I guess, bad for birders... 

Most interesting birds were two ORCHARD ORIOLES singing (FOS) and a singing NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (FOS), an EASTERN KINGBIRD (FOS) as well as a male Yellowthroat, three Brown Thrashers, a Gray Catbird, a singing House Wren, about a dozen Myrtle Warblers, three Swamp, one Field, ten or so Song, a dozen Chipping and an unexpected 35+ White-throated Sparrows, most birds were along the lane or in trees near the maintenance yard. Nothing of note on the river except dozens of hawking swallows of three species (numbers of these are best estimates). 

A complete eBird list is below. 

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper 
Colesville, MD 

E. Potomac Park - Hains Point, District of Columbia, US-DC 
Apr 23, 2012 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Protocol: Traveling 
1.0 mile(s) 
Comments: cold (~45F) with strong NW wind up to 25 mph; sprinklings of rain with brief periods of sun 
41 species (+1 other taxa) 

Canada Goose 20 
Mallard 10 
Double-crested Cormorant 8 
Turkey Vulture 2 
Osprey 2 
Bald Eagle 1 
Ring-billed Gull 45 
Herring Gull 12 
Great Black-backed Gull 6 
Caspian Tern 1 
Rock Pigeon 12 
Mourning Dove 5 
Northern Flicker 3 
Eastern Kingbird 1 FOS 
Blue Jay 4 
Fish Crow 5 
crow sp. 3 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 25 best estimate; flying over river 
Tree Swallow 12 best estimate; flying over river 
Barn Swallow 45 best estimate; flying over river 
House Wren 1 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 
American Robin 55 best estimate 
Gray Catbird 1 
Northern Mockingbird 3 
Brown Thrasher 3 
European Starling 15 
Northern Waterthrush 1 singing male; FOS 
Common Yellowthroat 1 male 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 
Eastern Towhee 2 
Chipping Sparrow 10 
Field Sparrow 1 
Song Sparrow 8 
Swamp Sparrow 3 
White-throated Sparrow 35 
Northern Cardinal 4 
Red-winged Blackbird 15 
Common Grackle 25 
Brown-headed Cowbird 3 
Orchard Oriole 2 singing males; FOS 
House Finch 2 

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ( http://ebird.org ) 



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