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BIRDS OF NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS-EAST

Bird Inventory Project

Click on park names in hypertext to see bird checklists.

• Greenbelt Park & Baltimore-Washington Parkway, MD--forested park and scenic roadway with forested buffer.
• Kenilworth Park, DC--includes Kenilworth Marsh and Aquatic Gardens, forest, and recreational fields along the Anacostia River.
• Anacostia Park, DC--predominantly recreational areas along the Anacostia River.
• Capitol Hill Parks, DC--Folger Park, Lincoln Park, Marion Park, and Stanton Park.
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, DC--Cedar Hill, Douglass' last home.
• Fort Circle Parks, DC/MD--sites of Civil War forts, now predominantly forested.
  • Fort Dupont, DC
  • Fort Stanton, DC
  • Fort Foote, MD
• Oxon Run Parkway, DC--forested natural area.
• Oxon Cove Park, DC/MD--includes Oxon Hill Farm, and grasslands, scrub, and forests along Oxon Run & Cove and the Potomac River.
• Suitland Parkway, MD--scenic roadway with forested buffer that connects Andrews Air Force Base with Bolling Air Force Base and downtown Washington.
• Harmony Hall, MD--historic house and ruins, field, forest, and marsh.
• Fort Washington Park, MD--forest, lawns, and historic fort overlooking the Potomac River.
• Piscataway Park, MD--forests, marshes, and agricultural fields along the Potomac River and Piscataway Creek preserve the rural view from Mt. Vernon.
  • Hard Bargain Farm, MD
  • National Colonial Farm, MD

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This page created by Deanna K. Dawson and Gregory A. Gough, and last updated 12/03/2001.
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