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This post contains my full year list for 2006. The full list includes sightings both in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. The table will be updated as I see new birds throughout the year, and a permanent link will be placed in the sidebar. An asterisk (*) indicates that the sighting was a new life bird.
The list is based on the list of bird species for the District of Columbia maintained by the Maryland Ornithological Society, with some particularly unlikely species removed.
Related: Sightings Wrap-up for 2005, 2006 DC Bird List
Species seen: 254
Last Updated: 12-29-06
| Species | Date Seen | Location | ||
| Ducks, Geese, & Swans | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | ||||
| Snow Goose | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Canada Goose | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Brant | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Mute Swan | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Tundra Swan | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Wood Duck | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Gadwall | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| American Wigeon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| American Black Duck | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Mallard | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 3-19-06 | Hughes Hollow | ||
| Cinnamon Teal | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Northern Shoveler | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Northern Pintail | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Green-winged Teal | 3-6-06 | Fort McHenry, MD | ||
| Canvasback | 1-8-06 | Georgetown Reservoir | ||
| Redhead | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | 2-25-06 | Assunpink WMA | ||
| Greater Scaup | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Lesser Scaup | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Common Eider | 12-28-06 | Barnegat Light, NJ | ||
| Harlequin Duck | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Surf Scoter | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| White-winged Scoter* | 2-18-06* | Ocean City, MD* | ||
| Black Scoter | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| Bufflehead | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Hooded Merganser | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Common Merganser | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Gamebirds | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Wild Turkey | 4-15-06 | Middlesex County, NJ | ||
| Northern Bobwhite | ||||
| Loons & Grebes | ||||
| Red-throated Loon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Common Loon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 1-8-05 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Horned Grebe | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | ||||
| Eared Grebe | ||||
| Seabirds & Pelicans | ||||
| Northern Gannet | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| Brown Pelican | 10-14-06 | Point Lookout, MD | ||
| Cormorants | ||||
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Great Cormorant | 1-30-06 | Middlesex County, NJ | ||
| Bitterns, Herons, & Egrets | ||||
| American Bittern | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Least Bittern | ||||
| Great Blue Heron | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Great Egret | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Snowy Egret | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Little Blue Heron | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Tricolored Heron | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Cattle Egret | ||||
| Green Heron | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 5-13-06 | Fletcher's Boathouse | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 5-13-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Ibis & Vultures | ||||
| White Ibis | ||||
| Glossy Ibis | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Black Vulture | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Kites & Hawks | ||||
| Osprey | 3-16-06 | East Potomac Park | ||
| Bald Eagle | 1-15-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Harrier | 2-5-06 | Dulles Airport | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Northern Goshawk | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk* | 4-2-06* | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens* | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Rough-legged Hawk | ||||
| Falcons | ||||
| American Kestrel | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Merlin | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Rails, Moorhens, & Coot | ||||
| Yellow Rail | ||||
| Black Rail | ||||
| Clapper Rail* | 5-20-06* | Bombay Hook NWR* | ||
| King Rail | 4-30-06 | Julie Metz Wetlands, VA | ||
| Virginia Rail | 10-14-06 | Point Lookout, MD | ||
| Sora | ||||
| Purple Gallinule | ||||
| Common Moorhen | ||||
| American Coot | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Plovers | ||||
| Black-bellied Plover | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| American Golden-Plover | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Killdeer | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Oystercatchers, Stilts, Avocets | ||||
| American Oystercatcher | 12-28-06 | Barnegat Light, NJ | ||
| Black-necked Stilt | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| American Avocet | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Sandpipers | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Willet | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 4-24-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| Red Knot | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Sanderling | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Western Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Least Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Dunlin | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | 3-19-06 | Hughes Hollow | ||
| American Woodcock | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Gulls & Terns | ||||
| Laughing Gull | 5-13-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Franklin's Gull | ||||
| Little Gull | ||||
| Black-headed Gull | ||||
| Bonaparte's Gull | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| California Gull* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Herring Gull | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Iceland Gull | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Western Gull* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Glaucous-winged Gull* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Glaucous Gull | ||||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Caspian Tern | 4-9-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Royal Tern | ||||
| Common Tern | ||||
| Forster's Tern | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Least Tern | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Black Tern | ||||
| Black Skimmer | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Alcids | ||||
| Razorbill* | 2-18-06* | Indian River Inlet, DE* | ||
| Pigeon Guillemot* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Rhinoceros Auklet* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Doves & Pigeons | ||||
| Rock Pigeon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Mourning Dove | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Cuckoos | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | ||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Owls | ||||
| Barn Owl | ||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 3-12-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Great Horned Owl | 7-5-06 | Maryland | ||
| Snowy Owl* | 2-5-06* | Dulles Airport* | ||
| Barred Owl | 5-7-06 | Pennyfield Lock | ||
| Long-eared Owl | ||||
| Short-eared Owl | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | ||||
| Nightjars & Swifts | ||||
| Common Nighthawk | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | ||||
| Whip-poor-will | ||||
| Chimney Swift | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Vaux's Swift | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Hummingbirds & Kingfisher | ||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Anna's Hummingbird* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Rufous Hummingbird | ||||
| Belted Kingfisher | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Woodpeckers | ||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 2-12-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Northern Flicker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Flycatchers | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 5-6-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | ||||
| Acadian Flycatcher | 5-6-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Alder Flycatcher | ||||
| Willow Flycatcher | ||||
| Least Flycatcher | 7-1-06 | Scherman-Hoffman Refuge, NJ | ||
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher* | 6-5-06* | Cascades, WA* | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Western Kingbird* | 6-4-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Shrikes | ||||
| Northern Shrike* | 11-25-06* | Great Swamp NWR* | ||
| Vireos | ||||
| White-eyed Vireo | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 4-30-06 | Julie Metz Wetlands, VA | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Warbling Vireo | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Jays & Crows | ||||
| Steller's Jay* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Blue Jay | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| American Crow | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Northwestern Crow* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Fish Crow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Common Raven | 6-5-06 | Cascades, WA | ||
| Lark & Swallows | ||||
| Horned Lark | ||||
| Purple Martin | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Tree Swallow | 3-18-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Violet-green Swallow* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Bank Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Cliff Swallow | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Barn Swallow | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Chickadees, Titmouse, Nuthatches & Creeper | ||||
| Carolina Chickadee | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | 1-21-06 | C&O Canal, Mile 135, MD | ||
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Tufted Titmouse | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Bushtit* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 11-18-06 | Blackwater NWR | ||
| Brown Creeper | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Wrens | ||||
| Carolina Wren | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| House Wren | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Winter Wren | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Sedge Wren | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Marsh Wren | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Kinglets & Gnatcatcher | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4-15-06 | Great Swamp NWR | ||
| Thrushes | ||||
| Eastern Bluebird | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Veery | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 5-27-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Hermit Thrush | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wood Thrush | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| American Robin | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Mimids | ||||
| Gray Catbird | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Brown Thrasher | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Starling, Pipit, & Waxwing | ||||
| European Starling | 1-1-06 | NJ | ||
| American Pipit | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Cedar Waxwing | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wood Warblers | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler | ||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 6-3-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Nashville Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Northern Parula | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Cape May Warbler* | 5-3-06* | Constitution Gardens* | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler* | 6-5-06* | Cascades, WA* | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Townsend's Warbler* | 6-5-06* | Cascades, WA* | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler* | 4-30-06* | Cockpit Point Road, VA* | ||
| Pine Warbler | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Palm Warbler | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Cerulean Warbler* | 5-7-06* | Pennyfield Lock* | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| American Redstart | 4-30-06 | Julie Metz Wetlands, VA | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 5-7-06 | Pennyfield Lock | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Ovenbird | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 3-26-06 | Central Park, NY | ||
| Kentucky Warbler | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler | ||||
| Mourning Warbler* | 5-27-06* | National Arboretum* | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | 1-8-06 | C&O Canal | ||
| Hooded Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | ||||
| Canada Warbler | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Tanagers | ||||
| Summer Tanager | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Sparrows | ||||
| Spotted Towhee* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Eastern Towhee | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Chipping Sparrow | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | ||||
| Field Sparrow | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Vesper Sparrow | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Lark Sparrow | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | ||||
| Seaside Sparrow | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Fox Sparrow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Song Sparrow | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Swamp Sparrow | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Lapland Longspur | ||||
| Snow Bunting | 12-28-06 | Barnegat Light, NJ | ||
| Cardinal, Grosbeaks, & Bunting | ||||
| Northern Cardinal | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Black-headed Grosbeak* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Blue Grosbeak | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Indigo Bunting | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Dickcissel | ||||
| Bobolink* | 5-13-06* | Kenilworth Park* | ||
| Blackbirds & Orioles | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Eastern Meadowlark | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Rusty Blackbird | 3-19-06 | Hughes Hollow | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Common Grackle | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Finches | ||||
| Purple Finch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| House Finch | 1-4-06 | NJ | ||
| Red Crossbill | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill | ||||
| Common Redpoll | ||||
| Pine Siskin | ||||
| American Goldfinch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | ||||
| Weaver Finch | ||||
| House Sparrow | 1-1-06 | NJ | ||
