> -----Original Message-----
> From:  [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:14 PM
> To: 
> Subject: DC Area, 2/1/05
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist	
> Date:               2/1/05
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
> Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1
> Reports (voice):    301-652-1088 option 2
>         (email):     
>      (deadline):    midnight Mondays
> Compiler:           Lydia Schindler & Joe Coleman
> 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, February 1, 
> at 11:30 a.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are PACIFIC LOON, WESTERN TANAGER, LARK 
> SPARROW, and COMMON REDPOLL in VA, KELP GULL and WHITE-WINGED 
> CROSSBILL in MD, BLACK GUILLEMOT and RAZORBILL in DE, and 
> *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in DC.  
> 
> Other birds of interest include SNOW GOOSE, ducks, 
> RED-THROATED LOON, RED-NECKED and EARED GREBE, ROUGH-LEGGED 
> HAWK, MERLIN, gulls, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LOGGERHEAD and 
> NORTHERN SHRIKES, AMERICAN
> PIPIT, SNOW BUNTING, and PINE SISKIN.     
> 
> A PACIFIC LOON was reported Jan 27 from Virginia's Northern 
> Neck, at Dameron Marsh in Northumberland Co.
> 
> Maryland's KELP GULL was again seen Jan 28, as usual behind 
> the Sea Breeze Crab House, Sandgates, St. Mary's Co.
> 
> A BLACK GUILLEMOT was discovered at Indian River Inlet, DE, 
> Jan 29, and offered close-up views near the north marina. A 
> RAZORBILL was seen from the south side, in the ice floes, and 
> a male HARLEQUIN hugged the south jetty. Another RAZORBILL 
> was seen from the Point at Cape Henlopen, DE.
> 
> The immature female *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues at the 
> Smithsonian's Ripley Garden (between the Arts and Industries 
> building and the Hirshhorn), SW DC, with sightings through Jan 29.

> 
> A very colorful LARK SPARROW visited a feeder in Chesapeake, 
> VA, on Jan 29.
> 
> A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL visited a feeder in Cecil Co, MD, Jan 30.
> 
> A COMMON REDPOLL showed up Jan 25 at an apartment complex in 
> Falls Church, Fairfax Co.
> 
> Two SNOW GEESE were seen at Hains Point, SW DC, Jan 26 and 
> 28. TUNDRA SWANS were reported in the Potomac River about a 
> mile north of Mount Vernon Jan 26.
> 
> A male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen again Jan 29 at Ridgeway Park 
> in Hampton, VA.
> 
> On Jan 26, the Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD, featured 2 
> first-year male KING EIDERS; on Jan 29, a female COMMON EIDER 
> was present there. On the 30th a KING EIDER and several 
> COMMON EIDERS were present at the Ocean City Inlet.  While a 
> single HARLEQUIN DUCK was also at the Inlet on the 30th, six 
> HARLEQUIN DUCKS were observed at the CBB/T, Northampton Co, 
> VA, on Jan 29. Four were also seen Jan 29 at Indian River Inlet.
> 
> The lake at Black Hill RP, Montgomery Co, MD, held an adult 
> RED-THROATED LOON and 2 EARED GREBES Jan 29.  A RED-NECKED 
> GREBE was seen Jan 29 on Lake Anna, VA where Rt. 208 crosses 
> the lake from Spotsylvania to Louisa Co.
> 
> Two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were found in Frederick Co, VA on Jan 
> 29, one a few miles north of Winchester, the other, which has 
> been seen several times since Christmas, was south of 
> Middletown at the Cedar Creek Battlefield.  The one north of 
> Winchester was again seen on Jan 30.
> 
> Two MERLINS were observed on Perryman peninsula in Harford 
> Co, MD on Sunday, January 30, 2005.  The first was found near 
> the intersection of Chelsea and Michaelsville Roads prior to 
> the railroad bridge while the second was seen about a mile 
> further south on Chelsea Road near the Constellation power plant.
> 
> The same day there was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on a pier 
> at the marina just south of the Lake Anna Dam (Louisa Co, VA).
> 
> Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also seen at the Tidal 
> Basin, SW DC, on Jan 28 and at Black Hill RP on Jan 30.
> 
> A first-year GLAUCOUS GULL was found at the Prince William 
> Co, VA, landfill Jan 29. 
> 
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were observed on Jan 29 at the Fort 
> Hunt Park, Fairfax Co, VA.
> 
> A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was discovered Jan 29 near Blandy 
> Experimental Farm, Clarke Co, VA; it was perched in bare 
> trees a couple hundred yards past the back gate.
> 
> A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to frequent wires in the vicinity 
> of Island Farm Rd, off Broadkill Beach Rd (Rte 16) in the 
> vicinity of Prime Hook NWR, DE, with the most recent sighting Jan
29.
> 
> On Jan 26, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS were spotted in DC, in the grass 
> between the Potomac River and Ohio Drive, near the turn-off 
> for the FDR Memorial. AMERICAN PIPITS were also seen in Queen 
> Anne's Co and Charles Co, MD.
> 
> SNOW BUNTINGS were discovered Jan 27, and relocated Jan 29 
> and 31, in Queen Anne's Co; they were in a field across from 
> the Centreville Middle school, at the corner of Rte 304 and 
> Rolling Bridge Rd.
> 
> A PINE SISKIN visited a yard in Talbot Co, MD, on Jan 25.
> 
> 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.
>