> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:19 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 5/24/05
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               5/24/05
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
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> Transcriber:        Steve Cordle ()
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> This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon 
> Naturalist Society.  This tape was made Tuesday, May 24, at 10:30
pm.
> 
> Top birds this week are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE and MISSISSIPPI 
> KITE in VA..
> 
> Other birds of interest include RUFFED GROUSE, RED-THROATED 
> LOON, EARED and HORNED GREBE, RED KNOT, COMMON TERN, 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, flycatchers, 
> PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED, BICKNELL'S and other 
> thrushes, WARBLERS, sparrows, DICKCISSEL and PURPLE FINCH.
> 
> Three SWALLOW-TAILED KITES put in an appearance at Kiptopeke 
> SP, Northampton Co, VA on May 22.  On the same day, five to 
> eight MISSISSIPPI KITES were feeding on dragonflies at the 
> Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR, Northampton Co, and another 
> MISSISSIPPI KITE was observed flying over the area of the new 
> beaver impoundment at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA.  
> The MISSISSIPPI KITES have returned to Annandale, Fairfax Co, 
> with a report from May 22.
> 
> A RUFFED GROUSE was heard drumming at Greenridge State 
> Forest, Allegany Co, MD on May 17.
> 
> A very nearly breeding-plumaged RED-THROATED LOON surprised 
> observers at Jefferson Patterson Park, Calvert Co, MD on May 
> 22.  A basic-plumaged RED-THROATED LOON was spotted from the 
> long causeway on Cedar Point Road, St. Mary's Co, MD also on May
22.
> 
> A breeding-plumaged EARED GREBE was seen side-by-side with a 
> breeding-plumaged HORNED GREBE at Jefferson Patterson Park on 
> May 21, 22 and 23.
> 
> A RED KNOT was seen May 19 at Jug Bay, Anne Arundel Co, MD.  
> RED KNOTS were on the beach at Flag Ponds Nature Center, 
> Calvert Co, on May 19 and 20.
> 
> A COMMON TERN was flying around Hains Point, DC on May 20.  
> Another COMMON TERN was flying over the impoundment at the 
> end of Long Neck Road, north of Point Lookout SP, St. Mary's 
> Co, on May 22.  A COMMON TERN was spotted at Fort McHenry, 
> Baltimore Co, MD on May 23.
> 
> Two BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were heard in Greenridge State 
> Forest, one on May 17 and the other on May 18.  Another 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at the Blue Ridge Center, 
> Loudoun Co, on May 22.  A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO flew across the 
> mouth of Hunting Creek, Fairfax Co, on May 23.
> 
> A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed on Public Landing Road, 
> east of Wesley, Worcester Co, MD on May 19. Another 
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted in a corn field on Baptist 
> Road near Taneytown, Carroll Co, MD on May 21.  On May 22, 
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen near Bluemont on Ebenezer 
> Church Road, Loudoun Co, VA and at St. Inigoes, St. Mary's Co.
> 
> An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was spotted at Four Mile Run, 
> Arlington Co, VA on May 19.  Another OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 
> was seen at Governor Bridge Park, Prince Georges Co, MD on 
> May 21 and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER paid a visit to Little 
> Bennett Regional Park, Montgomery Co, MD on May 22.
> 
> On May 19, WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were seen in the Perryman area, 
> Harford Co, MD; near Lincoln, Loudoun Co, the Blue Mash 
> Nature Trail, Montgomery Co, and Four Mile Run, Arlington Co. 
>  Another WILLOW FLYCATCHER was singing at Riverside Park, 
> Loudoun Co, and at Mount Calvert, Prince Georges Co, on May 
> 21.  Calling WILLOW and ALDER FLYCATCHERS capped a seven 
> flycatcher day at Julie Metz Wetland Bank, Prince William Co, 
> VA on May 22.  WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were also seen at the 
> Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, Loudoun Co, and 
> at The Point (the area encompassing Possum Point and Cockpit 
> Roads just north of Quantico Creek), Prince William Co, on 
> the same day.  ALDER and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were seen on a 
> field trip to the Owings Mills Mall wetland, Baltimore Co, MD 
> on May 22.
> 
> The WESTERN KINGBIRD remains at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD.  
> It was seen on May 18, 21 and 23.
> 
> A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Glencarlyn Park, Arlington 
> Co, VA on May 22.
> 
> Thrushes continued to pass through the area during the last 
> week.  Six GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were noted at Rock Creek 
> Park, DC on May 18.  A quiet but cooperative GRAY-CHEEKED 
> THRUSH was seen at Fort CF Smith, Arlington, VA on May 21. A 
> GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and a BICKNELL'S THRUSH appeared in a 
> tree-lined stream behind a house in Ashburn, Loudoun Co, on 
> May 21.  On May 22, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were observed in a 
> back yard in Rockville, Montgomery Co, and at Gwynns Falls, 
> Baltimore Co, MD.  On May 23, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were 
> sighted at Huntley Meadows Park and Piney Run SP, Carroll Co, 
> MD.  A BICKNELL'S THRUSH was caught and banded at the First 
> Landing Banding Station, Virginia Beach, VA on May 22.  
> GRAY-CHEEKED, BICKNELL'S and SWAINSON'S THRUSH were part of 
> an incredible night flight heard in Harford Co, MD on the 
> night of May 23.
> 
> Over 25 warbler species were observed in the area during the 
> week. Notable sightings included a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER seen 
> at Four Mile Run on May 19 and a KIRTLAND'S WARBLER that was 
> stunned after an encounter with a window in Bethesda, 
> Montgomery Co, on May 18.  More than ten CERULEAN WARBLERS 
> were spotted at Thompson's WMA, Fauquier Co, VA on May 22. 
> MOURNING WARBLERS were seen at Leesylvania SP, Prince William 
> Co, the Blue Ridge Center, Loudoun Co, and in Rock Creek Park 
> on May 22.  On May 23, MOURNING WARBLERS were spotted at 
> White Oaks Park, Alexandria, VA and Huntley Meadows Park.  
> Another MOURNING WARBLER was found near Clinton, Prince 
> Georges Co, on May 24.
> 
> A cooperative GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was spotted at the 
> Germantown Soccerplex, Montgomery Co, on May 20.  Another 
> GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, obligingly perched on a wood and brick 
> sign, delighted observers at
> Jefferson Patterson Park on May 22.   On the same day, LINCOLN'S
> SPARROWS were seen at Leesylvania SP and Julie Metz Wetlands 
> Bank, Prince William Co, and on Long Neck Road, St. Mary's Co. 
> 
> A singing DICKCISSEL was spotted along Grassdale Rd just 
> south of the Remington Sod Farms at Sumerduck Rd, Fauquier 
> Co, on May 18 and another was spotted near Snow Hill, 
> Worcester Co, on May 19.  The DICKCISSEL previously spotted 
> in a hedgerow on Shoemaker Road near the entrance to the 
> Taneytown Rod and Gun Club, Frederick Co, MD was seen again on May
21.
> 
> A male PURPLE FINCH made an appearance at a feeder in 
> Ellicott City, Howard Co, MD on May 19. 
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the 
> MDOSPREY and VA-Bird list servers. 
> 
> Finding Birds in the National Capital Area by Claudia Wilds 
> is an excellent source of directions to many birding sites.  
> The ANS Bookstore (301-652-3606 or
> www.audubonnaturalist.org/cgi-bin/mesh/store) is an excellent 
> source for this and many other nature-related titles.
> 
> See Life Paulagics is running a pelagic birding trip on 
> Saturday, June 4 out of Lewes, DE.  The trip runs from 6:00 
> AM - 5:00 PM and the cost is $110.
> 
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> * Of interest to the MD/DC Records Committee. For more 
> information, visit www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html.
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