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> Subject: DC Area, 4/6/04
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> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               4/6/04
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
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> This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon 
> Naturalist Society. This tape was made Tuesday, April 6 at 3:30
p.m. 
> 
> Top birds this week are *COMMON MURRE in MD.
> 
> Other birds of interest include COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED 
> GREBE, NORTHERN FULMAR, NORTHERN GANNET, SOOTY SHEARWATER, 
> BLACK and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, GLOSSY IBIS, 
> WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, PIPING PLOVER, RED PHALAROPE, gulls, 
> BROWN CREEPER, warblers, DICKCISSEL, PURPLE FINCH and RED
CROSSBILL.
> 
> A pelagic trip out of Lewes, DE on April 3 encountered 2 
> COMMON MURRE in Maryland waters. The same trip also reported 
> 7 NORTHERN FULMAR, 1240 NORTHERN GANNET, 2 RED PHALAROPE and 
> 91 RAZORBILLS in Maryland and Delaware waters and 1 ICELAND 
> GULL and 9 SOOTY SHEARWATERS in Delaware waters.
> 
> Rainy days have put a bonanza of COMMON LOONS on inland 
> reservoirs and lakes including a group of 45 at Piney Run 
> Park, Carroll Co, MD, 10 more on Triadelphia Reservoir, 
> Montgomery Co, MD, and 54 at Lock Raven Reservoir, Baltimore 
> Co, MD on April 2; 63+ at Piney Reservoir, Garrett Co, MD, 38 
> on Centennial Lake, Howard Co, MD, 107 at Piney Run Park, a 
> final tally of 235 on Liberty Lake and 23 at Big Pool, 
> Washington Co, MD on April 3; 50 on Burke Lake, Fairfax Co, 
> VA and 37 at Piney Reservoir on April 4.
> 
> A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted on the Triadelphia Reservoir 
> on April 3.
> 
> A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was spotted high in the trees at 
> Centennial Park on April 4. It was seen again on April 5 and 
> 6. The count of YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS at their nesting 
> sites along Sligo Creek Parkway, Montgomery Co has increased 
> to three. A colony of YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS including 
> four nests and five birds can been seen on Windsor Mill Road, 
> Baltimore Co, spotted on April 3. The best view is from 
> across Windsor Mill Road in the Leakin Park trail head 
> parking lot by the Gwynns Falls.
> 
> Nine GLOSSY IBIS flew over Dunkirk, Calvert Co, MD and one 
> more appeared in a back yard in Bristol, Anne Arundel Co, MD 
> on April 2. On April 3, eight GLOSSY IBIS were spotted in 
> Dominion on Kent Island at the corner of Route 552 and Little 
> Creek Road, Queen Anne's Co, MD.
> 
> Four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were noted at Rocky Gap State Park, 
> Allegany Co, MD on April 4.
> 
> Seven PIPING PLOVERS were spotted at the Eagles Nest 
> Campground, Worcester Co, MD on April 4.
> 
> The Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co hosted a GLAUCOUS GULL and 
> an ICELAND GULL on April 4. On April 3, a LITTLE GULL was 
> spotted in a flock of about 1000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS in the 
> Back River at Diamond Point, Baltimore Co, downstream of the 
> Eastern Avenue Bridge.
> 
> BROWN CREEPERS are being reported from an Ellicott City back 
> yard, Baltimore Co, and Patapsco Valley State Park on March 
> 31; Jane's Island State Park, Somerset Co, MD on April 4, and 
> White Oaks Park, Fairfax Co, on April 5.
> 
> As a sure sign of spring, early warblers are beginning to 
> show up in the region. The over-wintering NASHVILLE WARBLER 
> at the National Arboretum was seen again on April 3.  A 
> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and a PALM WARBLER made an appearance 
> at Patapsco Valley State Park on March 31. Two 
> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were on the Capital Crescent Trail 
> north on Fletcher's boathouse on April 3. PINE WARLBLERS have 
> been spotted in Tuckahoe State Park, Caroline County, MD on 
> March 28; Ferry Neck Road, Talbot Co, MD, Lock Raven 
> Reservoir and Centennial Lake on April 2; Triadelphia Lake 
> Road and Rock Creek Park, DC on April 3 and  Huntley Meadows 
> Park, Fairfax Co, on April 5.  A PALM WARBLER was spotted on 
> the Twin Branches Nature Trail in Reston, VA on April 4. 
> LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were noted on Tucker Lane, Ashton, 
> Montgomery Co, and in Rock Creek Park along Broad Branch on 
> April 3 and on the PEPCO Cut at Blockhouse Point Park, 
> Montgomery Co, on April 4.
> 
> The adult male DICKCISSEL returned to the feeders in a yard 
> in Cape Charles, VA on April 3.
> 
> There have been many reports of PURPLE FINCH in the area. Two 
> females were spotted on Roosevelt Island, DC on April 3. A 
> bright male PURPLE FINCH appeared at a feeder in Annandale, 
> Fairfax Co, on April 4. Two male and one female PURPLE FINCH 
> showed up in a yard in Clifton VA on April 4 and another male 
> visited a yard in Ellicott City on April 6.
> 
> A small flock of RED CROSSBILLS has been delighting birders 
> in a yard in Roanoke with sightings on April 1 through April 5.
>  
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the 
> MDOSPREY and VA-Bird list servers.
>  
> Claudia Wilds' book, "Finding Birds in the National Capital 
> Area," is an excellent source of directions to many birding sites.
> 
> To report bird sightings, you can e-mail your report to 
>  You may also report by calling 
> 301-652-1088 and selecting menu option 2. Please post e-mail 
> reports before midnight Monday, and be sure to include your 
> name and a Tuesday morning phone number. Thank you for 
> calling, and GOOD BIRDING. 
> 
> * Of interest to the MD/DC Records Committee. For more 
> information, visit www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html.
> 

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