Paul Pisano and I spent a few hours birding around DC, trolling
through Anacostia Park and Hains Point without turning much up, but
there were some nice birds at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Park.
Highlights included 5 Fox Sparrows, with 4 of them feeding on one
small two foot square patch of ground, a young Purple Finch singing
halfheartedly for a short while, and a few of Wilson's Snipe on logs
in the middle of the water was amusing to see as well. No Rusty
Blackbirds sadly, it seemed like there should have been a couple
around, but we were unable to track any down.
Full list from today below. All species seen in the Aquatic Gardens
unless noted.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens - Kenilworth Park (KP) (0730-1010):
Canada Goose 140
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 16
Hooded Merganser 5
Common Merganser 10
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2 - KP
Bald Eagle 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 - KP carrying nesting material!
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 23
Wilson's Snipe 4
Ring-billed Gull 120
Herring Gull (American) 15
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 9
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 15
Fish Crow 65
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 7
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 51
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 390
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9
Savannah Sparrow 6 - KP
Fox Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 16
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 41 - Good numbers, every thicket seemed full
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 12
Purple Finch 1 - SY male singing
House Sparrow 5
46 species
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Manomet, MA
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