> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 4:34 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 7/26/05
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               7/26/05
> 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, July 26, at 3:30
p.m.
> 
> Top bird this week is MISSISSIPPI KITE in VA.
> 
> Other birds of interest include BARNACLE GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, 
> HORNED GREBE, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, LEAST BITTERN, LITTLE 
> BLUE HERON, BLACK-CROWNED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 
> COMMON MOORHEN, shorebirds, LITTLE GULL, FORSTER'S TERN, 
> SEDGE WREN, HENSLOW'S SPAROW, and DICKCISSEL. 
> 
> There are now reports of two active MISSISSIPPI KITES nests 
> in northern Virginia. Although the nests themselves are 
> difficult to spot, soaring adults are sometimes seen 
> close-by. In the Waynewood subdivision in southeastern 
> Fairfax County, at least three MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen on 
> July 23 over the Carl Sandburg Middle School. The other nest, 
> currently holding a downy chick, is located several miles 
> northwest of the first. It is west of I-495, two blocks north 
> of the intersection of Braddock Rd and Rolling Rd, on Red Fox 
> Drive. On July 23, two adult and one subadult MISSISSIPPI 
> KITES were seen in this area. These birds are expected to 
> stay around through the middle of August.
> 
> The BARNACLE GOOSE at the Walnut Hills Camp Ground in Augusta 
> Co, VA was again seen on July 23.
> 
> The TUNDRA SWAN at Chain Bridge, NW DC, was again seen on July 24.
> 
> A HORNED GREBE in resplendent breeding plumage was seen July 
> 20 in the waters off the north side of Camper Circle, just 
> north of the bridge to Tilghman's Island, Talbot Co, MD.
> 
> WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS are still being observed from land 
> with four seen on July 20 from Roaring Point on the Nanticoke 
> River, Wicomico Co, MD.
> 
> A cooperative LEAST BITTERN was seen at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax 
> Co, VA on July 24 among the reeds in the marshy area to the 
> right of the Haul Rd path after the bend. It was not 
> relocated during the regular weekly walk a little later in 
> the morning. 
> 
> An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen flying downriver over 
> the Anacostia River in SE DC on July 23.
> 
> An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found the evening of 
> July 24 along with several BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, three 
> adults and two juveniles, in the ponds at Chain Bridge, NW DC.
> 
> Two COMMON MOORHENS were seen at Tanyard Marsh, Caroline Co, 
> MD on July 22.
> 
> More than a dozen species of shorebirds were seen July 23 
> during the regular survey at Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore 
> Co, MD including WESTERN, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS.
> 
> On Tilghman's Island a LITTLE GULL in breeding plumage was 
> observed flying over the Chesapeake Bay on July 22.
> 
> A FORSTER'S TERN was seen flying over the Anacostia River, SE 
> DC, on July 23. 
> 
> A SEDGE WREN was seen and heard in Allegany Co, MD on July 22 
> near the intersection of Bald Knob and Blanks Roads outside 
> of Savage River. HENSLOW'S SPAROWS were observed in the same 
> area on the 20th and the 22nd of July as well as a number of 
> other grassland specialists.
> 
> DICKCISSELS continue to be widely reported. A DICKCISSEL was 
> again seen in western Montgomery Co, MD with a report on July 
> 25. It was a few miles southeast of White's Ferry, singing 
> near 24000 River Rd, not far from the Patton Turf Farm.
> 
> A male DICKCISSEL was seen singing July 22 on the wires on 
> Harney Rd about a quarter mile south of Bullfrog RD in 
> Frederick Co, MD. The DICKCISSELS in southern Cecil Co were 
> still in evidence July 25, with at least 3 males perched and 
> singing on the wires along Old Telegraph Rd. (This is 0.8 
> mile south of Middleneck Rd, south of Bohemia Mills (DeLorme 78,
D2).
> 
> Another DICKCISSEL was singing July 21on Kent Island, Queen 
> Anne's Co, MD, about one half mile north of the intersection 
> with Graysonville Road and the road to the north end of the 
> island. There was also a DICKCISSEL found July 23 in 
> Rockingham Co, VA about a half mile south of Rt. 776 on Rt. 608.
> 
> See Life Paulagics is running a trip out of Lewes, DE, on 
> Saturday, August 27. For more information, call them at 
> 215-896-6405, or check their web site at paulagics.com. 
> 
> 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.
> 
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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.
>