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migrants @ Lower Kingman & Heritage Islands (May 7, 2007)

Submitted by dkatju on Mon, 05/07/2007 - 10:58am.

There was lots of migrant activity on the Lower Kingman & Heritage islands this morning. A singing Scarlet Tanager and a singing Wood Thrush were the highlights of the day. Here are some details:

Species observed and heard singing:

Red-eyed Vireo

Wood Thrush

House Wren

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Blue Grosbeak

Baltimore Oriole

Species heard singing only:

Eastern Phoebe

Common Yellowthroat

Indigo Bunting

Fringe marshland on Heritage is.

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migrants in Rock Creek Park, Washington DC (4/26)

Submitted by dkatju on Fri, 04/27/2007 - 12:19pm.

Here are birding highlights from Rock Creek park (coverage includes Dumbarton Oaks park) on the morning of April 26, 2007:

Mixed species flock @ Dumbarton Oaks:

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Species heard and observed

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migrants in Fort Dupont Park (S.E. DC) [4/25]

Submitted by dkatju on Fri, 04/27/2007 - 12:17pm.

Migration was in full swing at Fort Dupont park on April 25, 2007. Here are some highlights.......

Species heard and observed:

Baltimore Oriole

Scarlet Tanage

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Courtship display of Cooper's Hawk (C&O Canal, Washington DC)

Submitted by dkatju on Fri, 04/20/2007 - 11:22am.

While conducting a spring migration count along the C&O Canal near the Fletcher's Boathouse in Washington DC on May 18, I observed a pair of Cooper's Hawk in what seemed to be courtship behavior.

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Cliff Swallow at Lower Kingman Island (April 17, 2007)

Submitted by dkatju on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 8:36pm.

While searching for resident Canada Goose nests along the tidal basin of the Anacostia River between the Lower Kingman and Heritage islands today (April 17) afternoon, a colleague pointed to a flying swallow and asked if she was

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Common Loon on Anacostia River (April 6, 2007)

Submitted by dkatju on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 3:39pm.

While counting resident Canada Geese along the tidal basin of the Anacostia River in the District, I sighted sighted a Common Loon directly opposite the office building of National Capital Parks - East. The bird was almost in full breeding plumage.

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Rusty Blackbirds @ Lower Kingman Island (March 15, 2007)

Submitted by dkatju on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 10:44am.

During a weekly bird count on Lower Kingman and Heritage Islands along the Anacostia River, I sighted a pair of Rusty Blackbirds on Lower Kingman Is. This is the first time that I've recorded this species in approximately 4 years of monitoring at this site. The birds were doing precisely what a book describes as their near-exclusive foraging habit - "flipping wet leaves in search of aquatic insects".

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