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According to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase), the capital city of the United States, Washington, D.C., has 346 species of birds as of June 2021. Of them, 63 are considered rare or accidental, two are extinct, and one has been extirpated. Four have been introduced to North America and another introduced to the eastern U.S. [2]
Washington, D.C. is located on the fall line, the border of two considerably different geological terrains or provinces; the hard rock of the Piedmont Plateau to the north and west and the soft sediments of the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the east. The Piedmont Plateau is located north and west of the city.
Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east.
According to the National Weather Service's preliminary snowfall totals Monday night, between 6.5 and 7 inches of snow accumulated in Washington, D.C. See photos of the snow below.
A lazuli bunting, known for living on the West Coast, visited the bird feeder at Meigan Madden Rocco's Flanders, Long Island home to the pleasant surprise of bird lovers near and far.
About four dozen birders patroled Prospect Park early Thursday morning to catch a glimpse of those migrating birds making a pit stop in the Big Apple to fuel up before continuing their journey to ...
Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country.