| 2006 District of Columbia Annual Bird
Sightings |
| Species |
Code |
Date Seen |
Person Reporting |
Location |
| Ducks, Geese, & Swans |
| Greater
White-fronted Goose |
2 |
|
|
|
| Snow
Goose |
0 |
|
|
|
| Canada
Goose |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Brant |
0 |
|
|
|
| Mute
Swan |
0 |
|
|
|
| Tundra
Swan |
0 |
12-Mar |
F Fallon |
Anacostia Park |
| Wood
Duck |
0 |
4-Jan |
J Beetham |
National Zoo |
| Gadwall |
0 |
|
|
|
| Eurasian
Wigeon |
2 |
|
|
|
| American
Wigeon |
0 |
28-Feb |
J Felley |
FDR Memorial |
| American
Black Duck |
0 |
4-Jan |
J Beetham |
National Zoo |
| Mallard |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Blue-winged
Teal |
0 |
22-Apr |
P Pisano |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Northern
Shoveler |
0 |
|
|
|
| Northern
Pintail |
0 |
|
|
|
| Green-winged
Teal |
0 |
26-Mar |
J Sherwood |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Canvasback |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Redhead |
0 |
|
|
|
| Ring-necked
Duck |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Tufted
Duck |
2 |
|
|
|
| Greater
Scaup |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
Hains Point |
| Lesser
Scaup |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Surf
Scoter |
0 |
22-Apr |
P Pisano / R
Hilton |
Anacostia Park |
| White-winged
Scoter |
0 |
|
|
|
| Black
Scoter |
0 |
|
|
|
| Long-tailed
Duck |
0 |
|
|
|
| Bufflehead |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Common
Goldeneye |
0 |
|
|
|
| Hooded
Merganser |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Common
Merganser |
0 |
6-Jan |
J Beetham |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Red-breasted
Merganser |
0 |
20-Jan |
J Beetham |
Roosevelt Island |
| Ruddy
Duck |
0 |
2-Jan |
R Hilton |
East Potomac
Park |
| Pheasant, Grouse, & Quail |
| Ruffed
Grouse |
Xp |
|
|
|
| Greater
Prairie-Chicken |
Xp |
|
|
|
| Wild
Turkey |
0 |
28-Mar |
N Hennesey |
National
Arboretum |
| Northern
Bobwhite |
0 |
|
|
|
| Loons & Grebes |
| Red-throated
Loon |
0 |
|
|
|
| Pacific
Loon |
2 |
|
|
|
| Common
Loon |
0 |
9-Apr |
J Beetham |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Pied-billed
Grebe |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Horned
Grebe |
0 |
18-Mar |
P Pisano |
Hains Point |
| Red-necked
Grebe |
0 |
|
|
|
| Eared
Grebe |
0 |
|
|
|
| Oceanic Species |
| Leach's
Storm-Petrel |
2 |
|
|
|
| Band-rumped
Storm-Petrel |
2 |
|
|
|
| Pelicans |
|
|
|
|
| American
White Pelican |
2 |
|
|
|
| Cormorants, Anhinga, & Frigatebird |
| Double-crested
Cormorant |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Great
Cormorant |
0 |
|
|
|
| Anhinga |
2 |
|
|
|
| Frigatebird,
species |
2 |
|
Not counted in
total |
|
| Bitterns, Herons, & Egrets |
| American
Bittern |
0 |
6-Jan |
J Beetham |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Least
Bittern |
0 |
|
|
|
| Great
Blue Heron |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Great
Egret |
0 |
9-Apr |
J Beetham |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Snowy
Egret |
0 |
9-Apr |
J Beetham |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Little
Blue Heron |
0 |
14-May |
R Hilton |
Kenilworth Park |
| Tricolored
Heron |
0 |
|
|
|
| Cattle
Egret |
0 |
|
|
|
| Green
Heron |
0 |
12-Apr |
P Pisano |
Maine Ave |
| Black-crowned
Night-Heron |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron |
0 |
|
|
|
| Ibis, Stork, & Vultures |
| White
Ibis |
0 |
|
|
|
| Glossy
Ibis |
0 |
25-Mar |
N Lund |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Wood
Stork |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black
Vulture |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Turkey
Vulture |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Kites & Hawks |
| Osprey |
0 |
6-Mar |
M Bowen |
Hains Point |
| Bald
Eagle |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Northern
Harrier |
0 |
22-Apr |
P Pisano / R
Hilton |
Kenilworth Park |
| Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
0 |
7-Jan |
J Beetham |
National
Arboretum |
| Cooper's
Hawk |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Northern
Goshawk |
0 |
|
|
|
| Red-shouldered
Hawk |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Broad-winged
Hawk |
0 |
16-Apr |
J Hubbell |
45th St NW |
| Red-tailed
Hawk |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Rough-legged
Hawk |
0 |
|
|
|
| Golden
Eagle |
0 |
|
|
|
| Falcons |
| American
Kestrel |
0 |
9-Mar |
P Pisano |
Scott Circle |
| Merlin |
0 |
2-Jan |
R Hilton |
East Potomac
Park |
| Peregrine
Falcon |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Rails, Moorhens, & Coot |
| Yellow
Rail |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black
Rail |
2 |
|
|
|
| Clapper
Rail |
2 |
|
|
|
| King
Rail |
0 |
|
|
|
| Virginia
Rail |
0 |
|
|
|
| Sora |
0 |
|
|
|
| Purple
Gallinule |
2 |
|
|
|
| Common
Moorhen |
0 |
|
|
|
| American
Coot |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Plovers |
| Black-bellied
Plover |
0 |
|
|
|
| American
Golden-Plover |
0 |
|
|
|
| Semipalmated
Plover |
0 |
|
|
|
| Piping
Plover |
2 |
|
|
|
| Killdeer |
0 |
4-Jan |
J Beetham |
Hains Point |
| Black-necked
Stilt |
2 |
|
|
|
| American
Avocet |
2 |
|
|
|
| Sandpipers |
| Greater
Yellowlegs |
0 |
2-Apr |
B + A Dubill |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Lesser
Yellowlegs |
0 |
2-Apr |
B + A Dubill |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Solitary
Sandpiper |
0 |
15-Apr |
P Pisano |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Willet |
0 |
|
|
|
| Spotted
Sandpiper |
0 |
22-Apr |
P Pisano / R
Hilton |
Anacostia Park |
| Upland
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Whimbrel |
2 |
|
|
|
| Long-billed
Curlew |
2 |
|
|
|
| Hudsonian
Godwit |
2 |
|
|
|
| Ruddy
Turnstone |
0 |
|
|
|
| Red Knot |
2 |
|
|
|
| Sanderling |
0 |
|
|
|
| Semipalmated
Sandpiper |
0 |
14-May |
R Hilton |
Rock Creek Park |
| Western
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Least
Sandpiper |
0 |
14-May |
R Hilton |
Rock Creek Park |
| White-rumped
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Baird's
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Pectoral
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Dunlin |
0 |
|
|
|
| Stilt
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Buff-breasted
Sandpiper |
0 |
|
|
|
| Ruff |
2 |
|
|
|
| Short-billed
Dowitcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Long-billed
Dowitcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Wilson's
Snipe |
0 |
28-Feb |
F Fallon |
Kenilworth Park |
| American
Woodcock |
0 |
|
|
|
| Wilson's
Phalarope |
0 |
|
|
|
| Red-necked
Phalarope |
0 |
|
|
|
| Red
Phalarope |
0 |
|
|
|
| Jaegers, Gulls, & Terns |
| Parasitic
Jaeger |
2 |
|
|
|
| Laughing
Gull |
0 |
5-May |
P Pisano |
Hains Point |
| Franklin's
Gull |
0 |
|
|
|
| Little
Gull |
0 |
|
|
|
| Black-headed
Gull |
0 |
|
|
|
| Bonaparte's
Gull |
0 |
|
|
|
| Ring-billed
Gull |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| California
Gull |
2 |
|
|
|
| Herring
Gull |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Yellow-legged
Gull |
2 |
|
|
|
| Iceland
Gull |
0 |
|
|
|
| Lesser
Black-backed Gull |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Glaucous
Gull |
0 |
|
|
|
| Great
Black-backed Gull |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Gull-billed
Tern |
2 |
|
|
|
| Caspian
Tern |
0 |
24-Mar |
J Sherwood |
Washington Navy
Yard |
| Royal
Tern |
0 |
|
|
|
| Common
Tern |
0 |
|
|
|
| Forster's
Tern |
0 |
|
|
|
| Least
Tern |
0 |
|
|
|
| Bridled
Tern |
2 |
|
|
|
| Sooty
Tern |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black
Tern |
0 |
|
|
|
| Black
Skimmer |
2 |
|
|
|
| Alcids |
| Thick-billed
Murre |
2 |
|
|
|
| Doves & Pigeons |
| Rock
Pigeon |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| White-winged
Dove |
2 |
|
|
|
| Mourning
Dove |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Passenger
Pigeon |
Xt |
|
|
|
| Common
Ground-Dove |
2 |
|
|
|
| Cuckoos |
| Black-billed
Cuckoo |
0 |
3-May |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Yellow-billed
Cuckoo |
0 |
25-Apr |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Owls |
| Barn Owl |
0 |
|
|
|
| Eastern
Screech-Owl |
0 |
12-Mar |
J Beetham |
National
Arboretum |
| Great
Horned Owl |
0 |
7-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Snowy
Owl |
0 |
|
|
|
| Barred
Owl |
0 |
26-Feb |
C Cowan |
Montrose Park |
| Long-eared
Owl |
0 |
|
|
|
| Short-eared
Owl |
0 |
|
|
|
| Northern
Saw-whet Owl |
0 |
|
|
|
| Nightjars & Swifts |
| Common
Nighthawk |
0 |
|
|
|
| Chuck-will's-widow |
0 |
|
|
|
| Whip-poor-will |
0 |
20-Apr |
D Apgar |
Georgetown |
| Chimney
Swift |
0 |
9-Apr |
J Beetham |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Hummingbirds & Kingfisher |
| Ruby-throated
Hummingbird |
0 |
25-Apr |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Selasphorus,
Rufous/Allen's |
2 |
|
|
|
| Belted
Kingfisher |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
DC |
| Woodpeckers |
| Red-headed
Woodpecker |
0 |
12-Feb |
J Beetham |
National
Arboretum |
| Red-bellied
Woodpecker |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker |
0 |
1-Jan |
C Cowan |
Rock Creek Park |
| Downy
Woodpecker |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Hairy
Woodpecker |
0 |
5-Jan |
L Beetham |
Roosevelt Island |
| Northern
Flicker |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Pileated
Woodpecker |
0 |
5-Jan |
L Beetham |
Roosevelt Island |
| Flycatchers |
| Olive-sided
Flycatcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Eastern
Wood-Pewee |
0 |
5-May |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Acadian
Flycatcher |
0 |
10-May |
R Hilton |
Rock Creek Park |
| Alder
Flycatcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Willow
Flycatcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Least
Flycatcher |
0 |
|
|
|
| Eastern
Phoebe |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Great
Crested Flycatcher |
0 |
23-Apr |
J Beetham |
National
Arboretum |
| Western
Kingbird |
0 |
|
|
|
| Eastern
Kingbird |
0 |
25-Apr |
C Harris |
Rock Creek Park |
| Shrikes & Vireos |
| Loggerhead
Shrike |
0 |
|
|
|
| Northern
Shrike |
2 |
|
|
|
| White-eyed
Vireo |
0 |
4-May |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Yellow-throated
Vireo |
0 |
22-Apr |
J Waanders |
Ft. Bayard |
| Blue-headed
Vireo |
0 |
6-Apr |
J Waanders |
Ft. Bayard |
| Warbling
Vireo |
0 |
18-Apr |
M Bowen |
Fletcher's
Boathouse |
| Philadelphia
Vireo |
0 |
12-May |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Red-eyed
Vireo |
0 |
25-Apr |
C Harris |
Rock Creek Park |
| Jays, Crows, & Raven |
| Blue Jay |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| American
Crow |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Fish
Crow |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Common
Raven |
2 |
|
|
|
| Lark & Swallows |
| Horned
Lark |
0 |
22-Apr |
P Pisano / R
Hilton |
Kenilworth Park |
| Purple
Martin |
0 |
16-Apr |
P Pisano |
Rock Creek Park |
| Tree
Swallow |
0 |
9-Mar |
F Fallon |
Kingman Island |
| Northern
Rough-winged Swallow |
0 |
4-Apr |
M Bowen |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Bank
Swallow |
0 |
9-Apr |
J Beetham |
Anacostia Park |
| Cliff
Swallow |
0 |
|
|
|
| Barn
Swallow |
0 |
4-Apr |
M Bowen |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Chickadees, Titmouse, Nuthatch &
Creeper |
| Carolina
Chickadee |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Black-capped
Chickadee |
0 |
|
|
|
| Tufted
Titmouse |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Red-breasted
Nuthatch |
0 |
7-Jan |
J Beetham |
National
Arboretum |
| White-breasted
Nuthatch |
0 |
1-Jan |
L Anderson |
45th St NW |
| Brown
Creeper |
0 |
4-Jan |
J Beetham |
Hains Point |
| Wrens |
| Carolina
Wren |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Bewick's
Wren |
2 |
|
|
|
| House
Wren |
0 |
16-Apr |
G Allport |
Rock Creek Park |
| Winter
Wren |
0 |
1-Jan |
C Cowan |
Rock Creek Park |
| Sedge
Wren |
0 |
5-May |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Marsh
Wren |
0 |
22-Apr |
P Pisano / R
Hilton |
Kenilworth Park |
| Kinglets & Gnatcatcher |
| Golden-crowned
Kinglet |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Ruby-crowned
Kinglet |
0 |
1-Jan |
M Bowen |
DC |
| Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher |
0 |
2-Apr |
B + A Dubill |
Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens |
| Thrushes |
| Eastern
Bluebird |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Veery |
0 |
27-Apr |
J Waanders |
Ft. Bayard |
| Gray-cheeked
Thrush |
0 |
|
|
|
| Swainson's
Thrush |
0 |
5-May |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| Hermit
Thrush |
0 |
1-Jan |
P Pisano |
National
Arboretum |
| Wood
Thrush |
0 |
18-Apr |
G Mackiernan / B
Cooper |
Rock Creek Park |
| American
Robin |
0 |
|