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From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: Mar 12, 2013 4:14:33 PM
Subject: DC Area, 3/12/2013
To: <BIRDEAST...>
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 3/12/2013
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, March 12, at 2
PM.
Top birds this week are CRESTED CARACARA in DE and BULLOCK'S ORIOLE*
in MD.
Other birds of interest include waterfowl, YELLOW-CROWNED HIGHT-HERON,
hawks, falcons, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN WOODCOCK,
gulls, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW,
crossbills, and COMMON REDPOLL.
A CRESTED CARACARA was seen in on March 8 and 9 in Ocean View, DE on
White's Neck Road next to the Bay Forest community.
The immature male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE* visiting a feeder in Harford Co,
MD continued to be seen throughout during the week.
The advent of spring and warmer weather has resulted in the welcoming
of many early migrants including sightings of OSPREY, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, PURPLE MARTIN, EASTERN PHOEBE and PINE
WARBLER during the week. March 10 and 11 were significant waterfowl
migration days with large flights of TUNDRA SWANS and CANADA GEESE
seen at many and varied locations.
Two flocks of SNOW GEESE, totaling 90 birds, flew over Banshee Reeks
Nature Preserve, Loudoun Co, VA on March 10. This is an uncommon
sighting in the Northern Virginia Piedmont. A ROSS'S GOOSE and a
CACKLING GOOSE were seen in the Red Run Blvd. pond, Owings Mills,
Baltimore Co, MD on March 9 and 10.
A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Pohick Bay Regional Park, Lorton,
Fairfax Co., VA on March 9. The EURASIAN WIGEON at Lock Raven
Reservoir, Baltimore, MD continued to be seen with reports from March
10 and 11. The TUFTED DUCK continues to be seen at Kent Narrows, Queen
Anne's Co, MD, with a report from March 10. A LONG-TAILED DUCK was at
Lake Elkhorn, Howard Co., MD on March 10.
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON has returned to Sligo Creek, Silver
Spring, Montgomery Co., MD with a sighting on March 11.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was perched on a dead tree trunk in the woods along
Steele Neck Road, Dorchester Co, MD on March 9. A GOLDEN EAGLE and a
PEREGRINE FALCON, seen on Strickley Road, Augusta Co, VA were two
highlights of a Blue Ridge Young Birders Club trip on March 9. Another
GOLDEN EAGLE was at Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Talbot Co, MD seen
on March 8, 9 and 10. A GOLDEN EAGLE was at Ft. Smallwood, Anne
Arundel Co, MD on March 11. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Hall
School Road, Augusta Co, VA on March 10. The College Creek Hawkwatch,
Williamsburg, VA had their best day on March 9 with a count of 204
distributed across 9 species.
A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in the city of Chincoteague, Accomack Co.,
VA on March 10. The SANDHILL CRANE in Calvert Co, MD continued to be
seen during the week at Hunting Creek Rd. and Deep Landing Rd in
Huntingtown. Two SANDHILL CRANES flew over Sycamore Landing Road,
Montgomery Co, MD on March 11.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were on Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co., on
March 11.
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were reported from many venues during the week,
including: the Irvine Nature Center, Baltimore Co, MD; the fields off
River and Sycamore Landing Roads, Montgomery Co, MD; the VRE train
station in Woodbridge, Prince William Co, VA; Broken Wallet Farm,
Washington Co, MD; Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co., VA; Patuxent
River Park, North Tract, Anne Arundel Co., MD and the Howard
Conservancy, Howard Co, MD.
The BLACK-HEADED GULL continued to be seen throughout the week at the
Hunt Valley Towne Centre, Baltimore Co, MD. Its head is beginning to
show some black feathering on its way to breeding plumage. An ICELAND
GULL was at Violette's Lock, Montgomery Co., MD on March 10.
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Amberley, Anne Arundel Co, MD continued to
be seen during the week. Another RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was on Wilkinson
Road, Harford Co., MD, seen on March 9.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen along Highway 340, south of Merck,
Rockingham Co, VA on March 9. Another LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Harrison
Road, Fauquier Co, VA on March 9
An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was at Mt. Calvert, area of Patuxent River
Park, Prince George's Co, MD on March 8. Four AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS
were at Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Talbot Co, MD on March 10.
Both RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS continued to be seen
throughout the week in Maryland in a variety of locations including a
yard in Dry Fork, VA; Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, South Tract, Prince
George's Co, MD and the North Tract, Anne Arundel Co, MD; Fort
Smallwood, Anne Arundel Co, MD and Soldier's Delight, Baltimore Co,
MD.
COMMON REDPOLLS plus a WHIE-WINGED CROSSBILL were seen again at the
CHESPAX office feeders, King's Landing Park, Huntingtown, Calvert Co,
MD on March 7 and 9.
This week's reports have been gleaned from the MDBirding, VA-Bird,
West Virginia Birding List, and DE-Birds list servers, and 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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