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From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: Apr 23, 2013 9:20:41 AM
Subject: DC Area, 4/23/2013
To: <BIRDEAST...>
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 4/23/2013
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, April 23, at
about 10 AM.
Top birds this week are (COMMON or EURASIAN) GREEN-WINGED TEAL and
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE in MD, and BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in VA.
Other birds of interest include ROSS'S GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
AMERICAN BITTERN, WHITE IBIS, GOLDEN EAGLE, BROAD-WINGED HAWK,
AMERICAN AVOCET, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD, COMMON RAVEN, SEDGE WREN, VEERY, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL,
and many migrants.
A COMMON or EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was spotted Apr 16 in North
Beach Marsh, Calvert Co MD. On Apr 20, a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was
observed over North Point SP, Edgemere, MD (Baltimore Co). Continuing
at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co VA, is the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, which
was seen on Apr 20.
A ROSS'S GOOSE was seen at the Crownsville Containment Ponds/WWTP,
Anne Arundel Co MD, on Apr 16. Deal Island WMA (Somerset Co MD) hosted
a EURASIAN WIGEON on Apr 20. Although single AMERICAN BITTERNs are
fairly frequent at Hughes Hollow, Montgomery Co MD, seeing nine of
them on Apr 16 was memorable. An immature WHITE IBIS was at Prime Hook
NWR, Sussex Co DE, with dally sightings Apr 19-22.
Over Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Talbot Co MD, a single GOLDEN
EAGLE was spotted on Apr 21. Although the BROAD-WINGED HAWK occurrence
could mostly be described as a trickle, or maybe just a drip, on Apr
20 there was a spike of 10 seen at Fort Smallwood Hawk Watch, Anne
Arundel Co MD.
On Apr 16, a single AMERICAN AVOCET was seen at Prime Hook NWR.
Sharp-eyed observers picked out some LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERs: one Apr
17 & 18 at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co DE, and four on Apr 20 at Fairmont
WMA, Somerset Co MD. Skimmer Island, Ocean City, Worcester Co MD,
hosted a BLACK-HEADED GULL on Apr 20.
Only a single RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD is still being seen in the reporting
area: the one at Green Spring Garden Pk (Fairfax Co VA) was observed
on Apr 17, 20, & 21.
COMMON RAVENs were widely seen in the coastal lowlands, especially
along the Potomac R and in Fairfax Co VA.
A SEDGE WREN was spotted at Irish Grove Sanctuary, Somerset Co MD, on
Apr 20. Crossbills are pretty much gone now, but a pair of
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLs was seen well on Apr 22 on Woodbine Ave near
Allegheny, in West Towson MD, Baltimore Co.
Spring migration has started rather suddenly. A wide variety of
migrants has been seen, including shorebirds, terns, cuckoos,
nightjars, hummingbirds, flycatchers, swallows, wrens, thrushes,
vireos, warblers, grosbeaks, and orioles. Many of those seem to have
arrived a week to 10 days early, or in greater numbers than might be
expected at this time.
This week's reports have been gleaned from the DE, MD, VA, and WV list
servers, and 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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