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From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: Mar 19, 2013 12:37:44 PM
Subject: DC Area, 3/19/2013
To: <BIRDEAST...>
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 3/19/2013
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: 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, March 19, at 10
AM.
Top birds this week are: TRUMPETER SWAN, TUFTED DUCK, EARED GREBE, and
SANDHILL CRANE in MD, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in VA, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in
VA and MD, CRESTED CARACARA in DE, and BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in MD.
Other birds of interest include: ROSS'S GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
PACIFIC LOON, GREAT EGRET, SNOWY EGRET, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON,
AMERICAN AVOCET, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, COMMON RAVEN,
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN, and crossbills.
On the Potomac River, near Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal
(Montgomery Co MD), four TRUMPETER SWANS were spotted on March 17. The
TUFTED DUCK continues at Kent Narrows (Queen Anne's Co MD), spotted
March 17 between Red Eye's Bar and Annie's Seafood Restaurant. An
EARED GREBE was found March 17 in Chesapeake Beach MD (Calvert Co), on
Bayside Rd between 28th & 29th Streets. The SANDHILL CRANE continues
in Calvert Co MD, with a March 17 sighting around Hunting Creek. The
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, apparently refound at Chincoteague NWR (Accomack
Co VA) last week, has continued all this week, with sightings and
photos through March 17.
Green Spring Gardens Pk (Fairfax Co VA) continues to host the RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD, seen through March 16, and another RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
continued through March 16 at a feeder in Anne Arundel Co MD.
The CRESTED CARACARA discovered recently in Sussex Co DE was seen
again March 12 along White's Neck Rd, then again flying over the
Liberty Car Wash on Rte 26 in Millville on March 14. The Bullock's
Oriole continued to visit feeders in a yard in Harford Co MD through
March 17.
Along Public Landing Rd, in Worcester Co MD, a ROSS'S Goose was
spotted on March 17. Up to two drake EURASIAN WIGEONS continue at Loch
Raven Res, Baltimore Co MD, with sightings on March 14, 16, and 17.
Much farther south, in Virginia Beach VA in the Sherwood Lakes
Development off Princess Anne Rd, a PACIFIC LOON was discovered on
March 14 and seen through the rest of the week.
Early egrets were found in MD: a GREAT EGRET at Hughes Hollow,
Montgomery Co, on March 12 & 13, and a SNOWY EGRET March 17 at Public
Landing, Worcester Co. Also slightly early were YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS in quite urban area of central MD. One was spotted in
Sligo Crk Pk, Montgomery Co, on March 13, another flying over Cedar
Ln, Bethesda (also Montgomery Co) on March 16, and a third in
Baltimore along Jones Falls Trail on March 16 & 17.
Other early birds included an AMERICAN AVOCET at Truitt's Landing,
Worcester Co MD, on March 15, and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, one in Fauquier
Co VA along Harrison Rd on March 12, and a second in Charles Co MD,
along Rte 231 in Benedict on MARCH 17.
The BLACK-HEADED GULL continued March 14 in Hunt Valley MD (Baltimore
Co), and another BLACK-HEADED GULL showed March 17 up near Lapidum
Landing in Harford Co MD.
Once again, COMMON RAVENS were widely but sparsely seen in the
lowlands. The most extreme location was near the Chesapeake Bay, at
the Smithsonian Env Res Cntr in Anne Arundel Co MD, on March 12, but
several others were seen. On March 14, a COMMON RAVEN was seen over
Demby Dr in Fairfax VA, and another was near Pennyfield Lock of the
C&O Canal (Montgomery Co MD) on March 15. Manassas Nat Battlefield Pk
(Prince William Co VA) hosted a COMMON RAVEN on March 17, and on the
same day, two were seen in Fairfax Co VA.
A few early NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were seen, one March 16 in
Cape Charles harbor, Northampton Co VA, another March 17 near Hunting
Creek Bridge in Fairfax Co VA, and a third at Hughes Hollow,
Montgomery Co MD, also on March 17. A HOUSE WREN was seen at Cromwell
Valley Pk, Baltimore Co MD, on March 13, and on March 17, five MARSH
WRENS were present at Deal Island WMA in Somerset Co MD.
Crossbill sightings continue to drop off, but a few are still hanging
around. On March 15, a female RED CROSSBILL was seen in Jacksonville
MD (Baltimore Co), near the intersection of Manor & Stansbury Mill
Rds, and on March 17, a flyover RED CROSSBILL was spotted at the
Manassas Battlefield NP. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen also: one
at Fort Smallwood Pk (Anne Arundel Co MD) on March 13, another at Lk
Fairfax in Reston (Fairfax Co VA) on March 15, three on March 16 in
Harford Co MD near the intersection of Pleasantville and Laurel Brook
Rds, and nine at Lk Fairfax on March 17.
This week's reports have been gleaned via the ABA website from the DE,
MD, VA, and WV list servers, and from eBird data.
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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