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This post contains my sightings for 2006 in the District of Columbia. 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 a new life bird for DC.
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 Bird List
Species seen: 168
Last updated: 12-21-06
| Species | Date Seen | Location | ||
| Ducks, Geese, & Swans | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | ||||
| Snow Goose | ||||
| Canada Goose | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Brant | ||||
| Mute Swan | ||||
| Tundra Swan | 3-12-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wood Duck | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Gadwall | 7-9-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| American Wigeon | 3-5-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
| American Black Duck | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Mallard | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Northern Shoveler* | 4-26-06* | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens* | ||
| Northern Pintail | ||||
| Green-winged Teal | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Canvasback* | 1-8-06* | Georgetown Reservoir* | ||
| Redhead | ||||
| Ring-necked Duck | ||||
| Greater Scaup* | 1-4-06* | Hains Point* | ||
| Lesser Scaup | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Surf Scoter | ||||
| White-winged Scoter | ||||
| Black Scoter | ||||
| Long-tailed Duck | ||||
| Bufflehead | 1-14-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
| Common Goldeneye | ||||
| Hooded Merganser | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Common Merganser | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1-20-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Gamebirds | ||||
| Wild Turkey | ||||
| Northern Bobwhite | ||||
| Loons & Grebes | ||||
| Red-throated Loon | ||||
| Common Loon | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 1-8-05 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Horned Grebe | 3-22-06 | East Potomac Park | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | ||||
| Eared Grebe | ||||
| Cormorants | ||||
| Double-crested Cormorant | 3-5-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Great Cormorant | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Black Vulture | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Kites & Hawks | ||||
| Osprey | 3-16-06 | East Potomac Park | ||
| Bald Eagle | 1-15-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Harrier | ||||
| 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 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Merlin | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Rails, Moorhens, & Coot | ||||
| Yellow Rail | ||||
| Black Rail | ||||
| Clapper Rail | ||||
| King Rail | ||||
| Virginia Rail | ||||
| Sora | ||||
| Purple Gallinule | ||||
| Common Moorhen | ||||
| American Coot | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Plovers | ||||
| Black-bellied Plover | ||||
| American Golden-Plover | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover | ||||
| Killdeer | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Sandpipers | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Willet | ||||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 4-24-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | ||||
| Sanderling | ||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | ||||
| Western Sandpiper | ||||
| Least Sandpiper | ||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | ||||
| Dunlin | ||||
| Stilt Sandpiper | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | ||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | ||||
| Wilson's Snipe | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| 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 | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| California Gull | ||||
| Herring Gull | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Iceland Gull | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Glaucous Gull | ||||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Caspian Tern | 4-9-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Royal Tern | ||||
| Common Tern | ||||
| Forster's Tern | ||||
| Least Tern | ||||
| Black Tern | ||||
| Black Skimmer | ||||
| Doves & Pigeons | ||||
| Rock Pigeon | 1-3-06 | Union Station | ||
| Mourning Dove | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| 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* | 12-16-06* | National Arboretum* | ||
| Barred Owl | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| 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 | ||
| Hummingbirds & Kingfisher | ||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Eastern Phoebe | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Western Kingbird | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Vireos | ||||
| White-eyed Vireo | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Blue Jay | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| American Crow | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Fish Crow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Common Raven | ||||
| Lark & Swallows | ||||
| Horned Lark | ||||
| Purple Martin | ||||
| Tree Swallow | 3-18-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Bank Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Cliff Swallow | ||||
| Barn Swallow | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Chickadees, Titmouse, Nuthatches & Creeper | ||||
| Carolina Chickadee | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | ||||
| Tufted Titmouse | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Kinglets & Gnatcatcher | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| 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 | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Brown Thrasher | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Starling, Pipit, & Waxwing | ||||
| European Starling | 1-3-06 | Union Station | ||
| American Pipit | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 Green Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | ||||
| Pine Warbler | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 5-3-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
| Palm Warbler | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Cerulean Warbler* | 5-13-06* | Rock Creek Park* | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| American Redstart | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 5-13-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 5-6-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Ovenbird | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Waterthrush* | 5-1-06* | Roosevelt Island* | ||
| Louisiana Waterthrush* | 4-9-06* | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens* | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Tanagers | ||||
| Summer Tanager | ||||
| Scarlet Tanager | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Sparrows | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Fox Sparrow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Song Sparrow | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Dark-eyed Junco | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Lapland Longspur | ||||
| Snow Bunting | ||||
| Cardinal, Grosbeaks, & Bunting | ||||
| Northern Cardinal | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Common Grackle | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Finches | ||||
| Purple Finch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| House Finch | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Red Crossbill | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill | ||||
| Common Redpoll | ||||
| Pine Siskin | ||||
| American Goldfinch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | ||||
| Weaver Finch | ||||
| House Sparrow | 1-3-06 | Union Station | ||
