urban birds
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 6:20 am Bird Species: summer tanager, European starling, eastern phoebe, American robin, tufted titmouse, Carolina chickadee, red-headed woodpecker, blue-gray gnatcatcher, orchard oriole, eastern bluebird, eastern kingbird, little green heron, great blue heron, osprey, hooded merganser, spotted sandpiper, barn swallow, Canada goose, mallard, wood duck,
urban birds
Where: the Dunn Loring Merrifield WMATA station parking garage When: 5:25 pm Bird Species: rock pigeon Things I Thought About: * I mis-timed everything today, and this cold is getting worse instead of better. I don't want to go for a walk. * It's raining? It'
urban birds
Where: Smithsonian Castle Gardens When: 5:48 pm Bird Species: American robin, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, common grackle, European starling, house sparrow, white-throated sparrow, eastern towhee, mallard, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * What do spies exchange now that no one carries attaché cases anymore? I have never seen a
urban birds
Where: Smithsonian Castle and surrounds When: 5:30pm Bird Species: house sparrow, common grackle, European starling, American robin, rock pigeon, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, white-throated sparrow, mallard, northern cardinal Things I Thought About: * There is one bird in the Smithsonian Urban Bird habitat. It is a house sparrow. There'
urban birds
Where: Tidal Basin, DC When: 4:45pm Bird Species: rock pigeon, house sparrow, American robin, European starling, mourning dove Things I Thought About: * I am so dedicated to the New Year’s resolution that produced the bird blog that I am determined to get a photo during this, my first
urban birds
Where: Pennsylvania Avenue, DC When: 1:00pm Bird Species: house sparrow. American robin. rock pigeon Things I Thought About: * When we get to the end of the year and scroll back through all 365 birds, we will find that Tuesdays are the bad and boring ones. * I play pub trivia
urban birds
Where: District of Columbia, Constitution Ave to Smithsonian Metro stop When: 5:15pm Bird Species: European starling, American robin, common grackle, house sparrow, rock pigeon, brown-headed cowbird Things I Thought About: * When I left for the office at 7am it was 66 degrees and when I came up out of
urban birds
Where: District of Columbia, around 14th and F When: 12:35pm - 1:00pm Bird Species: house sparrow, American robin, European starling, mallard Things I Thought About: * Even if I don’t have a chance to download pics until after trivia (note: we won) I will still be happy to