On Saturday, May 10, join trip leader Dhananjaya Katju for a morning of birding at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens [0] to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day [1]. Participants should meet in the parking lot at 7:30 am.

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens has lily ponds, restored marsh with a boardwalk, a woodland river trail and a visitor center. We can expect a good selection of resident and migratory land and water birds. The marsh at KAG is one of the best places in the District to observe migratory herons and shorebirds.

On May 10, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens will open early at 6:30 am for birders.

Directions from most DC points: take New York Ave. east. Just after crossing the Anacostia River (before the road becomes the B-W Pkwy.), right exit to 295 south (Kenilworth Ave. south), and you will almost immediately see a brown sign for KAG. Follow the signs, exiting right onto the Kenilworth Ave. frontage road, turning right on Douglass Avenue, and right on Anacostia Ave. to the parking lot entrance. From downtown, SE, or SW, you can take Independence or Constitution Aves. east past RFK Stadium, over the Whitney Young Bridge, and exit right to 295 at the end of the bridge. Bear left on the ramp to Kenilworth Ave. north, and take the fourth exit, Quarles Street. Bear left and complete the U-turn onto Kenilworth Ave. frontage road. Go one long block to Douglass Street. This route is also signed for KAG. Metrobus (not rail) is also possible, ending with the V-2 bus from Deanwood station to Douglass Street.