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FW: DC Area, 1/25/05

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Norm Saunders

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:22:24 -0500

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> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist	
> Date:                1/25/05
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
> Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1
> Reports (voice):    301-652-1088 option 2
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>      (deadline):    midnight Mondays
> Compiler:           Lydia Schindler
> Sponsor:            Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central
>                       Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
> Transcriber:        Steve Cordle ()
> 
> Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular 
> user of the Voice (Individual $30; Family $40; Nature Steward 
> $60; Audubon Advocate $100). 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 
> tape was made Tuesday, Jan 25, at 2 p.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in DC, WESTERN 
> TANAGER in VA, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in MD. 
> 
> Other birds of interest include GREATER WHITE-FRONTED, 
> ROSS'S, and CACKLING GEESE, ducks, RED-THROATED LOON, 
> RED-NECKED GREBE, raptors including GOLDEN EAGLE, AMERICAN 
> WOODCOCK, gulls, RAZORBILL, GREAT HORNED and SHORT-EARED 
> OWLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, HORNED LARK, AMERICAN PIPIT, 
> ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, OVENBIRD, sparrows, LAPLAND
> LONGSPUR, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.     
> 
> The immature female *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues at the 
> Smithsonian's Ripley Garden (between the Arts and Industries 
> building and the Hirshhorn), SW DC, with almost daily 
> sightings through Jan 24. 
> 
> A male WESTERN TANAGER visited a feeder in Virginia Beach on 
> Jan 22. Earlier in the week, a female WESTERN TANAGER was 
> reported about a mile away, in the Castleton subdivision.
> 
> A first-winter YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD made four stops at a 
> feeder on a farm near Sandy Point SP, Anne Arundel Co, MD, on Jan
23.
> 
> A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at Leed's Creek in 
> Talbot Co, MD, Jan 21.
> 
> A ROSS'S GOOSE and a CACKLING GOOSE were found in a flock of 
> SNOW GEESE along Rte 309 in Queen Anne's Co, MD, Jan 21. Four 
> CACKLING GEESE were seen on Little Seneca Lake, Black Hill 
> RP, Montgomery Co, MD, from the parking area near the Rte 121
bridge. 
> 
> A male EURASIAN WIGEON was found Dec 18 at Ridgeway Park in 
> Hampton, VA.
> 
> On Jan 22, the Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD, featured 2 
> KING and 4 COMMON EIDER and 1 HARLEQUIN DUCK, as well as a 
> first-year GLAUCOUS GULL. 
> 
> In VA, a good variety of waterfowl are concentrated at 
> Occoquan and Belmont Bay, Fairfax Co; Lake Brittle, Fauquier 
> Co; and Beaverdam Reservoir, Loudoun Co; as well as in ponds 
> in King George Co along Rte 3 on the Northern Neck. 
> 
> On Jan 20, there was a RED-THROATED LOON at Beaverdam.
> 
> A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted on Little Hunting Creek in the 
> vicinity of Riverside Park, Fairfax Co, on Jan 21. 
> 
> BALD EAGLES continue to be plentiful at Blackwater NWR, 
> Dorchester Co, MD. On Jan 21, a BALD EAGLE flew over 
> Lafayette Square, NW DC, and over Herndon, Fairfax Co. On Jan 
> 22, 3 BALD EAGLES were reported from Sandy Point SP. 
> 
> A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK swooped into a yard in Bethesda, 
> Montgomery Co, Jan 24. On Jan 21, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was 
> scoped as it perched in a field on Montresor Rd, north of 
> Leesburg in Loudoun Co. On Jan 18, a PEREGRINE FALCON was 
> reported from downtown Baltimore, perched atop an office 
> building at the northwest corner of Calvert and E Lexington
> Sts.    
> 
> Two adult GOLDEN EAGLES were seen outside Chestertown in 
> northern Queen Anne's Co on Jan 18 and again Jan 20. A young 
> GOLDEN EAGLE showed up at Pickering Creek Audubon Center in 
> Talbot Co on Jan 22.
> 
> One of the more bizarre effects of the wicked winter weather 
> was the presence of AMERICAN WOODCOCK "all over" the parking 
> lots at the Ocean City Inlet and the Ocean City Park&Ride.
> 
> An out-of-season LAUGHING GULL was spotted along Cedar Lane 
> in Fruitland, west of Salisbury, Wicomoco Co, MD. 
> 
> The Cecil Co landfill, near North East, MD, held a very dark 
> first-year ICELAND GULL Jan 21 and 22; a second gull seen Jan 
> 22 was judged to be a first-year THAYER'S GULL. LESSER 
> BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the Cecil landfill and also 
> at Lake Brittle. The Salisbury landfill had first-year 
> ICELAND and first-year GLAUCOUS GULLS on Jan 22. 
> 
> RAZORBILL was reported from the CBB/T islands, Northampton 
> Co, VA, on Jan 21 and 22. 
> 
> At dusk on Jan 18, a GREAT HORNED OWL pursued a SHORT-EARED 
> OWL just north of Shorter's Wharf, Dorchester Co, MD.
> 
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Huntley Meadows Park, 
> Fairfax Co, Jan 21 and 24. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was 
> reported from Black Rock Rd, in Arcadia, Baltimore Co, Jan 21. 
> 
> On Jan 20, AMERICAN PIPITS were again seen, along with HORNED 
> LARKS, both at the Polo Fields on Hughes Rd, Montgomery Co, 
> and at Occoquan Bay NWR. On Jan 24, 3 or more LAPLAND 
> LONGSPURS were in large flocks of HORNED LARKS along Rte 85 
> just north of Oland Rd in southern Frederick Co, MD. A 
> LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found in Harford Co, MD, along 
> Bradenbaugh Rd just east of Harford Creamery Rd. On Jan 23, a 
> LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in Talbot Co, near the intersection 
> of Rtes 309 and 404.
> 
> An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was again seen at Riverside Park, 
> Loudoun Co, on Jan 20, and glimpsed again briefly on Jan 21, 
> both times near the river bank. While Mid-Atlantic birders 
> are drawn by tales of wintering owls of Minnesota, on Jan 22 
> a Minnesota birder visiting MD found an OVENBIRD at Baltimore 
> Co's North Point SP; it was by one of the old structures and 
> near a deer stand. 
> 
> Once again, Occoquan Bay NWR and Blue Mash Nature Trail, 
> Montgomery Co, proved good places to look for a variety of 
> sparrows. FOX SPARROWS graced yards in Lanham, Prince Georges 
> Co, MD, and Ijamsville, Frederick Co.  
> 
> On VA's Northern Neck, in Richmond Co, the area of  the Wilna 
> unit of the Rappahannock River Valley NWR that hosted a 
> LeConte's Sparrow has been closed through at least Jan 28.
> 
> Two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen at Huntley Meadows Jan 22.
> See Life Paulagics is running a pelagic trip on Saturday, Feb 
> 26, from Lewes, DE, to look for winter seabirds. The trip 
> runs from 6:00 AM to about 5:00 PM, and the cost is $110. For 
> more information, call 215-234-6805, or check their web site 
> at www.paulagics.com. 
> 
> Those of you lucky enough to host a winter hummingbird are 
> asked to contact hummingbird bander Mary Gustafson at 
>  Mary is working to document winter 
> hummingbirds in the east.
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOSPREY, 
> VA-Bird, and Delaware Birds list servers.
> 
> Claudia Wilds's 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.
> 
> To report bird sightings, 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, identify the county and 
> state, and 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.
>