Date: 5/18/13 9:04 am
From: <lydiaschindler...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Fwd: DC Area, 5/14/2013



-------- Original Message --------
From: "Steve Cordle"
Date: May 14, 2013 11:32:50 AM
Subject: DC Area, 5/14/2013
To: <BIRDEAST...>

Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 5/14/2013
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, May 14, at
about 10 AM.

Top birds this week are: WHITE-FACED IBIS and SWALLOW-TAILED KITE in
MD, SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER in DE and VA, and BREWSTER'S WARBLER in
MD.

Other birds of interest include: late ducks, MISSISSIPPI KITE,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SORA, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, WILSON'S SNIPE,
phalaropes, ARCTIC TERN, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, migrants including
MOURNING and CERULEAN WARBLERS, and sparrows.

A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at South Point (south of Ocean City),
Worcester Co MD, on May 10. On May 11, over the Soccerplex in
Germantown MD (Montgomery Co), a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted. Two
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERs were seen: one May 8 near the Cape Henlopen
Hawk Watch (Sussex Co DE), another May 11 along the Blue Trail at
Manassas Nat Battlefield Pk (Prince William Co VA). A probable
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (hybrid of GOLDEN-WINGED and BLUE-WING WARBLER) was
spotted at Susquehanna SP on May 9, and a definite BREWSTER'S WARBLER
was seen in Amberley MD (Anne Arundel Co) on May 10.

A few late ducks are still hanging around: a REDHEAD was seen at Swan
Harbor Farm Pk (Harford Co MD) on May 9, and another REDHEAD was at
Rocky Gap SP (Allegany Co MD) on May 11. A single Greater Scaup was
spotted May 6 & 8 at Sandy Point SP (Anne Arundel Co MD), and two
GREATER SCAUP were seen May 10 at Fort Smallwood Pk (Anne Arundel Co
MD). One lone LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen at Greenbury Pt, Anne Arundel
Co MD, on May 7.

On May 9, two MISSISSIPPI KITEs were seen over Fort Smallwood Pk, and
another MISSISSIPPI KITE was over the Masonville Cove Env. Ed. Cntr on
May 11. The flow of BROAD-WINGED HAWKs over Fort Smallwood Hawk Watch
has been mostly light to moderate, but it spiked on May 11, with 106
seen.

Because they are so secretive, a SORA is always fun to see, but the
one spotted May 8 at Lk Artemesia, College Pk MD (Prince George's Co)
was a real surprise. Fort Smallwood hosts shorebirds also: two
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERs were seen there on May 9. In SE DC, Kenilworth
Pk had a WILSON'S SNIPE on May 11. Last week a few phalaropes were
reported, but this week there was a major phalarope presence. RED
PHALAROPEs were scattered widely over MD, and one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
was reported, at Burke Lk in Fairfax Co VA. On May 9, an ARCTIC TERN
was seen at Violette's Lock, in Montgomery Co MD, and on May 11,
several ARCTIC TERNs were at Deep Creek Lk, in Garrett Co MD.

Pretty much all of the expected migrants have been reported. Of note
are a PHILDELPHIA VIREO seen May13 at Sleepy Creek WMA in Berkeley Co
WV, and MOURNING WARBLERs seen on May 8 along South Wind Trail of
Middle Patuxent Env. Area (Howard Co MD), on May 10 in Chantilly VA
(Fairfax Co), and on May 11 at Susquehanna SP. How can one have too
many CERULEAN WARBLERs? Apparently that was the case on May 12 at
Thompson WMA (Fauquier Co VA), when well over a dozen were dominating
the ornithological landscape.

A single CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Trout Run WWTP, Garret Co
MD, on May 11. HENSLOW'S SPARROWs are not rare in western MD, but the
one heard repeatedly (but apparently never seen) in Howard Co MD off
of Jennings Chapel Rd, was a surprise. A single NELSON'S SPARROW was
at Truitts Landing, Worcester Co MD, on May 9 & 10, and 1-2 NELSON'S
SPARROWs were reported at Box Tree Marsh, Northampton Co VA, on May 9
& 12.

Most of this week's reports have been gleaned from the VA-Bird, West
Virginia Birding List, and DE-Birds list servers, and the MDBirding
website.

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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