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[va-bird] Bonaparte's Gulls and Caspian Terns

From: VBKitchens@xxxxxxx
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 23:35:55 EST

VA Birders,

    Betty Kilgore and I went to Roaches Run Sanctuary in Arlington this 
morning.  In the big pond there we saw 3 Bonaparte's Gulls and 7 Caspian 
Terns, most of them sitting on an exposed mudflat/spit when the tide was 
still fairly low.  I think that is the most Caspian Terns I have seen there, 
and it is also the first Bonaparte's Gulls I have found there.  In fact, it 
is the first time I've recorded Bonaparte's Gulls in Arlington County.  We 
also had about 45 Double-crested Cormorants there--and you could really see 
the double crests on some of these birds!  We also saw 2 Ospreys at National 
Airport, just across the George Washington Parkway from Roaches Run.

Val Kitchens
Arlington, VA
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