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From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: Jul 10, 2012 9:14:29 AM
Subject: DC Area, 7/10/12
To: <BIRDEAST...>
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 07/10/2012
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
Reports, comments, questions:
(e-mail): <voice...>
(voice): 301-652-1088 option 2
Compiler: John Bjerke
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the
Central Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
Transcriber: Steve Cordle (<scordle...>)
Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular user of
the Voice (Individual $50; Family $65; Nature Steward $100; Audubon
Advocate $200). The membership number is 301-652-9188, option 12; the
address is 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; and the web
site is http://www.AudubonNaturalist.org.
This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon
Naturalist Society. This report was completed Tuesday, July 10, at 8
AM.
Top bird this week is GREAT WHITE HERON* in MD.
Other birds of interest include AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, BROWN PELICAN,
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, ICELAND GULL, RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER, HENSLOW'S
SPARROW, and DICKCISSEL.
A GREAT WHITE HERON*, a color morph of the GREAT BLUE HERON, was found
June 30 and seen again July 4, 5, and 8 at Big Pool in Washington Co,
MD.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS* continued to be seen in DE last week with
reports from Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City and from Fowler
Beach, Sussex Co.
A juvenile BROWN PELICAN was on the Anacostia River near the Navy Yard
in Washington, DC on July 5.
Two female WILSON'S PHALAROPES at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE on July
9 are a taste of the south-bound shorebird migration that has started.
An ICELAND GULL was seen on Skimmer Island, Ocean City, Worcester Co,
MD on July 5.
The efforts to protect RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS at the Nature
Conservancy's Piney Grove Preserve in Virginia are succeeding. There
were 10 breeding pairs this year that produced a record total of 26
young. There are now 45 adult birds, the highest total in more than 20
years.
A HENSLOW'S SPARROW was found July 6 along Old Legislative Rd,
Allegany Co, MD.
A DICKCISSEL was seen along Long Neck Rd, St Marys Co, MD on July 7. A
singing DICKCISSEL was found near the intersection of Latimer's Siding
RD and Rt 600 in Northampton Co, VA on July 6. Four DICKCISSELS were
seen by a pond at Borden Springs Rd, Clarke Co, VA on July 9.
Most of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MD & DC Birding
group on Google, VA-Bird, West Virginia Birding List, and DE-Birds
list servers.
The Audubon Sanctuary Shop (301-652-3606,
http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/default.asp?page=511) is an excellent
source for guidebooks and many other nature-related titles.
To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to
<voice...> or call 301-652-1088. Please post reports
before midnight Monday, identify the county as well as state, and
include your name and a Tuesday morning contact, either e-mail or
phone.
Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.
*Of interest to the records committee
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