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From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: Jul 24, 2012 10:23:47 AM
Subject: DC Area, 7/24/12
To: <BIRDEAST...>
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 7/24/2012
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: Helen Patton
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 24, at 10
AM.
Top bird this week is BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in DE.
Other birds of interest include WHITE IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN, COMMON GALLINULE, AMERICAN AVOCET, shorebirds, LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, SANDWICH TERN and warblers.
A BLACK-TAILED GODWIT was located at Prime Hook NWR, Sussex Co, DE on
July 20 and 21. The bird was along Prime Hook Beach Road.
A juvenile WHITE IBIS was feeding enthusiastically in the second
impoundment above Pennyfield Lock, Montgomery Co., MD on July 17.
Later in the day, the count increased to two and these two birds were
also seen on July 18.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE soared across Wolf Trap Road at the RR crossing,
Halifax Co, VA on July 19.
Opposite the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT at Prime Hook and looking toward
Fowler's Beach one could see the five AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS
previously reported.
Two COMMON GALLINULES were at Tanyard Marsh, Caroline Co, MD on July
17 and 21.
An AMERICAN AVOCET was in the muddy area in the grassy fields of West
Potomac Park, DC on July 23.
The Shorebird survey at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA on July 17,
tallied 18 shorebird species including 105 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 56
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 67 PIPING PLOVER and 221 RED KNOTS. Three UPLAND
SANDPIPERS were at Shriver Road, off Harney Road in Emmitsburg,
Frederick Co, MD on July 20. A STILT SANDPIPER and a SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER were picked out of the heat shimmer at Swan Creek dredge
containment facility, Anne Arundel Co, MD on July 19. At least 12
STILT SANDPIPERS and many SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were at Pickering
Creek Audubon Center, Talbot Co, MD on July 21. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER
was on the softball field in Potomac Park, DC on July 22. A trip to
Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD on July 23 recorded 11 species of
shorebird including WESTERN, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at the Chesapeake Biological Lab's pier
in Solomons, Calvert Co, MD on July 21.
Four SANDWICH TERNS were on Skimmer Island, Ocean City, Worcester Co,
MD on July 17.
A migrant YELLOW WARBLER was a fly-over near Odenton, Anne Arundel Co,
MD on July 17. An immature MOURNING WARBLER was at Blue Mash Nature
Trail, Montgomery Co, MD on July 20. A pair of CERULEAN WARBLERS with
a couple of newly fledged young plus a few CANADA WARBLERS were at
Jennings Randolph Reservoir, Garrett Co, MD on July 22.
This week's reports have been gleaned from the VA-Bird, West Virginia
Birding List, and DE-Birds list servers, the mdbirding website, and
also from eBird.
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 possible interest to the records committees
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