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> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               6/29/04
> 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, June 29, at 3 p.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are WHITE-FACED IBIS in VA and RUFF in DE. 
> 
> Other birds of interest include LEAST BITTERN, WHITE and 
> GLOSSY IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, KING RAIL, 
> COMMON MOORHEN, shorebirds, ICELAND GULL, BLACK-BILLED and 
> YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EASTERN 
> KINGBIRD, TOWHEE, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, 
> DICKCISSEL, BOBOLINK, and PINE SISKIN.  
> 
> An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was identified among more than 200 
> GLOSSY IBIS, along with 6 WHITE IBIS, at Snow Goose Pool, 
> Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA, on June 28. The area also 
> held MARBLED GODWIT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a male 
> WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
> 
> A black, breeding-plumaged RUFF spent June 24 on Broadkill 
> Beach Rd, DE; it was seen morning, midday, and evening at the 
> east end of the impoundment. 
> 
> Two LEAST BITTERNS were enjoyed during the Sunday morning walk
(June
> 27) at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA. A LEAST BITTERN was found 
> at Hughes Hollow in Montgomery Co, MD, on June 28. On June 
> 29, Hughes Hollow once again featured a COMMON MOORHEN.
> 
> Three first-spring WHITE IBIS were seen June 25 in the pond 
> at the end of Fowler Beach Rd, DE.
> 
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen June 27 at Huntley Meadows Park, 
> Fairfax Co; they were observed from the platform loop, near 
> the SE antenna tower. Two MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen June 27 
> and 28 over the Waynewood subdivision in SE Fairfax Co, both 
> times in the evening.
>  
> A NORTHERN BOBWHITE visited a yard in Seaford, DE, on June 26. 
> 
> At least one KING RAIL was present at Schooley Mill Park, 
> Howard Co, MD, on June 27, among cattails in the beaver pond. 
> 
> A first-summer ICELAND GULL was noted June 23 and 25 at 
> Nanticoke Harbor, Wicomoco Co, MD.
> 
> A harbinger of fall migration was a LEAST SANDPIPER that 
> appeared June 28 at the Mason-Dixon Farm ponds near 
> Emmitsburg, Frederick Co, MD.
> 
> A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO visited a yard in Colesville, 
> Montgomery Co, on June 24. A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was observed 
> along the Woodland Trail at Chincoteague June 25. 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were vocalizing in eastern Garrett Co, 
> MD, in the vicinity of Swamp Rd, June 23 and 24. And a 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, carrying food, was observed along the 
> Blue Mash Trail, Montgomery Co, on June 27. 
> 
> This week in DC, the nest of a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was found 
> at the National Arboretum, in the Youth Garden, on June 27. 
> The nest of an EASTERN KINGBIRD was discovered just NW of the 
> Capitol. An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed June 22 
> in the 4500-4600 block of Rosedale Ave NE.
> 
> A TOWHEE notable for the spotting and barring on its back was 
> observed June 25 at Potomac Overlook RP, Arlington, VA.
> 
> Numerous HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were vocalizing along Pea Ridge 
> Rd in eastern Garrett Co, MD, on June 23. Just to the north, 
> along Green Lantern Rd, was another singing HENSLOW'S. 
> 
> DICKCISSELS--two males and a female--continue in Carroll Co, 
> MD, in a field on the east side of Basehores Mill Rd, 0.3 
> mile NW of Mayberry (DeLorme 73, B6]. Also in Carroll Co, a 
> DICKCISSEL is singing on Bullfrog Rd about 0.5 mile from 
> Baumgardner. A BLUE GROSBEAK was also here.
> 
> BOBOLINKS, too, are singing in Carroll Co: on Keysville Rd 
> both west and south of the intersection with Baumgardner, on 
> Reifsnider Rd near the intersection with Rte 194, and on 
> Keysville-Bruceville Rd just SE of the village of Keysville. 
> Caution: there is little or no shoulder on these roads, and 
> the farm traffic is heavy. 
> 
> A juvenile PINE SISKIN has visited a feeder in Davidsonville, 
> Anne Arundel Co, MD, daily from June 22 through 28. On June 
> 24 a PINE SISKIN was eating thistle at a yard in Bowie, 
> Prince George's Co, MD.
> 
> A pelagic trip is scheduled for Aug 28 out of Lewes, DE. For 
> more information, contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 
> or check their web site at www.paulagics.com.
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOSPREY, 
> VA-Bird, and Delaware Birds list servers.
>  
> Claudia Wilds' book, Finding Birds in the National Capital 
> Area, is an excellent source of directions to many birding 
> sites. And the ANS Bookstore is an excellent source for this 
> and many other nature-related titles: 301-652-3606.
> 
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> 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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