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From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: Nov 27, 2012 12:20:07 PM
Subject: DC Area, 11/27/12
To: <BIRDEAST...>
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 11/27/2012
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
Reports, comments, questions:
(e-mail): <voice...>
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Compiler: Bob Hartman
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, November 27,
2012, at about noon.
Top birds this week are: WESTERN GREBE, YELLOW RAIL, NORTHERN LAPWING,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD, CAVE SWALLOW, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
Other birds of interest include: BRANT, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE,
AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE,
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, COMMON RAVEN, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, late warblers,
VESPER SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, SNOW BUNTING, ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, BLUE GROSBEAK, crossbills, COMMON REDPOLL, AND EVENING
GROSBEAK.
The WESTERN GREBE* continued in Sinepuxent Bay, Berlin MD (Worcester
Co), with sightings through at least Nov 24. A YELLOW RAIL* was
flushed at Assateague SP, Worcester Co MD, on Nov 24. Slightly out of
our normal reporting area was a NORTHERN LAPWING* at Back Bay NWR,
Virginia Beach VA, seen by multiple observers on Nov 20. The
BLACK-HEADED GULL continued in Cockeysville MD (Baltimore Co), with
the latest sighting on Nov 26 in Hunt Valley. A CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
was reported Nov 20 & 22 in Tilghman, Talbot Co MD. The RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD continued at Green Spring Garden Pk, Fairfax Co VA, with
sightings through Nov 23. A possible RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was reported
Nov 20 at a feeder in Fauquier Co VA, and the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
continued in a yard in Harford Co MD, with sightings at least through
Nov 25. CAVE SWALLOWS were recorded at the Kiptopeke Hawk Watch,
Northampton Co VA, a single bird on Nov 20 and five on Nov 25. A
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was reported at the Turkey Point Hawk Watch,
Cecil Co MD, on Nov 22.
The BRANT continues at Sandy Point SP, Anne Arundel Co MD, with
sightings through Nov 26. The HARLEQUIN DUCKS are back, seen
frolicking all week around the Ocean City Inlet jetty, Worcester Co
MD. An EARED GREBE was spotted Nov 20 near the WESTERN GREBE in
Sinepuxent Bay, Berlin MD. One AMERICAN BITTERN was seen Nov 21 at
Indian River Inlet, Sussex Co DE, and another was spotted Nov 23 at
Assateague I. NS, Worcester Co MD.
Single late OSPREY were seen from the Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch on Nov
25 & 26, and a probable OSPREY was reported Nov 25 at Lake Anna SP,
Spotsylvania Co VA. BALD EAGLES are fairly common in our area, but a
flight of at least 50, reported Nov 24 over Allen's Fresh, Charles Co
MD, must have been exciting. Single NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were reported,
at Kiptopeke Hawk Watch on Nov 20, and at Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch
(Sussex Co DE) on Nov 23. Also at Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch, a GOLDEN
EAGLE was recorded on Nov 25.
The WESTERN KINGBIRD at the Ocean City Airport (Berlin, Worcester Co
MD) continued at least to Nov 20. Another continuing bird was the
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE seen all week at Blandy Farm, Clarke Co VA. Virginia
hosted other LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES, one Nov 23 at Sky Meadows SP
(Fauquier Co), and another in a yard in Loudon Co on Nov 25. The
COMMON RAVEN invasion of the lowlands continues, with a sighting Nov
22 at Huntley Meadows, Fairfax Co VA.
Single NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were seen Nov 23, at the
Kiptopeke Hawk Watch, and at Point Lookout SP, St Mary's Co MD.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES were seen throughout the reporting area all
week. A few left-over warblers were spotted in MD: a NASHVILLE WARBLER
Nov 20 at Bladensburg Waterfront Pk (Prince George's Co) on Nov 20, a
NORTHERN PARULA at Rocky Gap SP (Allegany Co) on Nov 25, a
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at the picnic area of Susquehanna SP (Cecil
Co) on Nov 24 & 25, an OVENBIRD on the Northampton Furnace Trail of
Loch Raven Res. (Baltimore Co) on Nov 23, and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
just outside Sandy Point SP on Nov 24.
VESPER SPARROWS were reported, one Nov 20 at Truitt's Landing,
Worcester Co MD, another at the Kiptopeke Hawk Watch on Nov 25, and a
third at Irvine Nature Center (Baltimore Co MD) on Nov 26. On Nov 25,
single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported, along Jasontown Rd, Taneytown,
Carroll Co MD, and also at Kiptopeke Hawk Watch. A flock of 15 SNOW
BUNTINGS was reported Nov 20 at Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch, and single
birds were seen at Little Creek WMA (Kent Co De) on Nov 24, along
Wilkinson Rd in Havre de Grace MD (Harford Co), also on Nov 24, in
Rocky Gap SP on Nov 25, and the continuing bird at Green Spring Garden
Pk, seen on Nov 23. Late ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were spotted, at
Susquehanna SP (MD) on Nov 20, and continuing at GREEN SPRING GARDEN
Pk on Nov 23. A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at the Ocean City Airport on
Nov 20 & 22.
The crossbill irruption continued, with both RED CROSSBILLS and
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS* widely seen east of the mountains all week.
The COMMON REDPOLL irruption continued also, with sightings mostly
during the first part of the week. Finally, a flock of seven EVENING
GROSBEAKS was reported from the Kiptopeke Hawk Watch on Nov 20.
Most of this week's reports have been gleaned from the VA-Bird, West
Virginia Birding List, DE-Birds list servers, the mdbirding website,
and also from eBird records.
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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