Fwd: [BIRDEAST] DC Area, 11/17/98
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From: Steve Cordle <scordle@CAPACCESS.ORG>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] DC Area, 11/17/98
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Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 11/17/98
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
Telephone: 301-652-1088
Reports (voice): 301-652-9188 x3101
(fax): 301-951-7179
(email): voice@capaccess.org
(deadline): midnight mondays
Compiler: Jane Hill
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central
Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
Transcriber: Steve Cordle (scordle@capaccess.org)
!!Check www.capaccess.org/snr/vguide.txt for guidelines on
reporting your sightings!!
This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the
Audubon Naturalist Society. This tape was made Tues, Nov 17, at
1:30 pm. Please consider joining the Society, especially if you
are a regular user of the Voice (Indiv.$30; Family $40; Nature
Steward $60; Audubon Advocate $100). The membership number is
above,the address is 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815,
and the website is http://www.AudubonNaturalist.org.
Top birds this week are: CINNAMON TEAL and FRANKLIN'S GULL
in both VA and MD; RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in DC; and UPLAND SANDPIPER
and HARRIS' SPARROW in DE.
Other birds of interest include: TUNDRA SWAN, ROSS' GOOSE,
ducks, AMERICAN AVOCET, COMMON TERN, PEREGRINE FALCON, RED-TAILED
and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKs, BALD EAGLE, OSPREY, WINTER WREN, AMERICAN
PIPIT, OVENBIRD, and FOX SPARROW.
A large movement of FRANKLIN'S GULLs, displaced from the
Great Lakes area by last week's severe storm, was noted in the
eastern US this week. Reports included at least 40 birds in the
Cape May, NJ, area on Nov 14. Locally, two FRANKLIN'S GULLs in
adult, winter plumage were spotted in a flock of Laughing, Ring-
billed, and Herring Gulls on the mudflats at the mouth of Hunting
Creek, west of GW Pkwy, on Nov 15. Another winter adult
FRANKLIN'S GULL turned up in a flock of Ring-billed Gulls at
Conowingo Dam, on the Harford/Cecil Co line, MD, on Nov 14. This
bird was resting on rocks below the main island, between 2:30 and
3:15 pm. It was not relocated the following day.
A HUMMINGBIRD reported as a RUFOUS was frequenting a yard on
Sherrier Place, NW DC, on Nov 12 and 13. This is the spot where
two juvenile SELASPHORUS hummingbirds were seen two years ago.
A HARRIS' SPARROW was reported at Cape Henlopen St Pk, DE,
on Nov 14. According to the report, which was not first hand,
the bird was feeding in the grass in the Youth Camp II area
behind Dormitory 21. To reach this spot, take the first left
turn after the nature center, then turn left again into the
basketball courts and follow the road to a gate. Dormitory 21 is
the first building on the right.
Reports of CINNAMON TEAL came from both MD and VA again this
week. In MD, the male and female CINNAMON TEAL first reported
Nov 8 at Eastern Neck NWR, Kent Co, [DeLorme 49, A-B6], were seen
again on Nov 14 and 15. To look for these birds, follow MD Rt
445 into the refuge, then pull off immediately, at the base of
the bridge, on the left side. The birds were in the open water
east of the bridge, and were not associating with other ducks.
Low tide seems to be the best time to find them. In VA, a male
CINNAMON TEAL in breeding plumage was spotted in Accotink Bay,
Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, Fairfax Co, on Nov 14; this bird,
which may be the one that was frequenting this spot several weeks
ago, was accompanied by three female teal that were not
conclusively identified. On the afternoon of the following day,
a male, breeding-plumaged CINNAMON TEAL was spotted at nearby
Mason Neck NWR, Fairfax Co, VA; it was in the marsh west of the
observation platform at the end of the Great Marsh Trail, the
spot where a CINNAMON TEAL had originally been reported nine days
previously. This time, the bird was accompanied by a female teal
that was not conclusively identified. The closeness of the
Accotink and Mason Neck sites, and the difference in the dates of
the observations, raise the possibility that one or more CINNAMON
TEALs are flying back and forth between the two sites.
A very late UPLAND SANDPIPER was spotted in a stubble field
at the southeast corner of the intersection of DE Rts 1 and 16
[DeLorme 45, A4], northeast of Milton, DE, at about 4:30 pm on
Nov 14.
Other lingering migrants included approximately 200 AMERICAN
AVOCETs at Little Creek Wildlife Area, DE, on Nov 14, and an
OSPREY spotted over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, MD, the following
day.
Raptors reported in addition to the Osprey included an
immature PEREGRINE FALCON seen putting up smaller birds and
interacting with a starling flock over the Washington, DC, Mall,
on Nov 13. The bird was observed flying from near the Natl
Museum of American History towards the Museum of Natural History.
Another PEREGRINE was noted at Occoquan Bay NWR, Pr Wm Co, VA, on
Nov 14; it was seen in flight and perched on the tower near the
parking lot. Hawkwatchers at Snicker's Gap Hawkwatch, on the
Loudoun/Clarke Co line, VA, tallied 123 RED-TAILED HAWKs on Nov
15. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted at Craney Island-Portsmouth,
VA, on Nov 14, and 15 BALD EAGLEs were on Potomac River mudflats
between Dyke Marsh and Jones Pt, Alexandria, VA, on Nov 15. Also
on the 15th, a COMMON TERN was seen over the Potomac off Belle
Haven picnic grounds, Alexandria, VA.
Waterfowl were reported widely again this week. A ROSS'
GOOSE was spotted along with Snow Geese in Stuart's Pond,
Rosedale, Russell Co, VA, on Nov 16. Closer to home, the Potomac
River just above the Woodrow Wilson Bridge held more than 100
NORTHERN PINTAIL, more than 50 NORTHERN SHOVELERs, 30 BUFFLEHEAD,
and smaller numbers of LESSER SCAUP, RUDDY and RING-NECKED DUCKs,
and GADWALL on Nov 15. The same day, Black Hill Reg Pk,
Montgomery Co, MD, held 40 BUFFLEHEAD, 60 RUDDY DUCKs, eight
HOODED MERGANSERs, and a COMMON MERGANSER. At Accotink Bay
Wildlife Refuge, VA, high counts of ducks on the bay during the
week included 510 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 137 RUDDY DUCKs, 42 LESSER
SCAUP, and 55 BUFFLEHEAD. Other BUFFLEHEAD reports included
seven birds frequenting a pond near the intersection of Woodfield
and Emory Grove Roads, in the Flower Hill area of Gaithersburg,
Montgomery Co, MD, on Nov 12; and approximately 60 birds at
Triadelphia Reservoir, on the Montgomery/Howard Co line, MD, on
Nov 14. A BUFFLEHEAD and four HOODED MERGANSERs were seen at
Dulles Airport pond, Loudoun Co, VA, on Nov 15.
TUNDRA SWANs were noted in many places. Reports included
120 birds at the Snicker's Gap Hawkwatch, VA, on Nov 15; 71 birds
seen over a house in Jessup, Anne Arundel Co, MD, the same day;
and six birds at Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, VA, during the
week.
An OVENBIRD continues to frequent the yews along
Independence Ave near the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and
Industries building, SW DC; the most recent report was for Nov
11. Other small landbirds of interest included an AMERICAN PIPIT
and a FOX SPARROW at Sandy Point St Pk, Anne Arundel Co, MD, on
Nov 15; another FOX SPARROW in a backyard in Bethesda, Montgomery
Co, MD, on Nov 11 and 12; and widespread reports of WINTER WRENs.
There will be a reservations-only trip to the
Woodbridge/Occoquan Bay Refuge, Prince William Co, VA, on Sat,
Nov 21. Make reservations with the leader, Jim Waggener of
Woodbridge, at 703-497-0506. There will be a walk at Kenilworth
Aquatic Gardens, DC, on Sun, Nov 22; see the Nov Audubon
Naturalist News for details. There will be a reservations-only
trip to DE coastal areas on Sat, Nov 28; call the leader, Paul
Dumont of Arlington, at 703-931-8994, and leave a message after
seven rings, to reserve your spot. There will be a reservations-
only trip to Cambridge and Blackwater NWR, MD, on Sun, Nov 29;
call the leader, Chuck Studholme of Arlington, at 703-845-1128,
to secure your place.
To report bird sightings you can FAX your report to ANS at
301-951-7179, or email it to voice@capaccess.org. You may also
call 301-652-9188, extension 3101, for a dedicated answering
machine at all hours. Please post email reports before midnight
Monday, and be sure to include your name and Tuesday morning
phone number. Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.
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