> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:04 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 8/2/2005
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               8/2/2005
> 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, August 2, at 1
p.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are MISSISSIPPI KITE in VA, UPLAND 
> SANDPIPER in MD and VA, and EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in MD.
> 
> Other birds of interest include NORTHERN BOBWHITE, WILSON'S 
> STORM-PETREL, LEAST BITTERN, LITTLE BLUE HERON, shorebirds, 
> FRANKLIN'S GULL, terns, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, RUBY-THROATED 
> HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, SEDGE and MARSH WRENS, 
> MOURNING WARBLER, HENSLOW'S and other SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL, 
> and BOBOLINK 
> 
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were again on view in the Waynewood 
> subdivision in southeastern Fairfax County, VA; three were 
> seen in the vicinity of the Carl Sandburg Middle School on 
> July 26, while a single bird was sighted July 30.
> 
> Three UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen July 28 at the Mason-Dixon 
> Farm pond on Harney Rd in northern Frederick Co, MD. That 
> same day, 5 UPLAND SANDPIPERS visited a field in southern 
> Frederick Co, along Oland Rd west of Lilypons. On July 31, 4 
> UPLAND SANDPIPERS were noted at a turf farm on Sumerduck Rd 
> in Remington, southwestern Fauquier Co, VA.
> 
> A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was spotted at the Mason-Dixon 
> Farm's east pond on Aug 1. It was not relocated that evening, 
> among hundreds of Mourning Doves lurking in the weeds, nor on 
> the morning of Aug 2.  
> 
> At the Blue Mash Nature Trail, Montgomery Co, MD, on July 30, 
> a NORTHERN BOBWHITE flew from one field to another, where a 
> second bird was calling. 
> 
> Several WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were coursing the waters off 
> the point at Cape Henlopen SP, DE, July 31. Six WILSON'S 
> STORM-PETRELS were observed from the ORV zone of Assateague 
> Island, Worcester Co, MD, July 30. The ORV zone also featured 
> 35 WHIMBREL. 
> 
> EIGHT LEAST BITTERNS were tallied on the weekly trip to 
> Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD, July 30. Also on 
> Hart-Miller were 14 species of shorebird, including a 
> juvenile MARBLED GODWIT and 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS--as 
> well as two dozen species of butterfly. 
> 
> A LITTLE BLUE HERON was present at Huntley Meadows Park, 
> Fairfax Co, July 29; it was near the observation tower.
> 
> A WHIMBREL flew past Cape Henlopen's Herring Point July 31. 
> That same day Prime Hook NWR, DE, afforded close-up views of 
> PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS.
> 
> Local spots to check for shorebirds include "Kingman Island" 
> in the District; this is on the Anacostia River, next to the 
> Langston Golf Course, just upstream from the Benning Rd 
> bridge; and, in VA, the mudflats at the mouth of Hunting 
> Creek, near the Stone Bridge on the
> GW Parkway.   
> 
> A FRANKLIN'S GULL paid a visit to Bombay Hook's Raymond Pool July
30.
> 
> Two BLACK TERNS were noted at the north pond at Ted Harvey 
> July 30 and 31. On Aug 1, a BLACK TERN was joined by a 
> GULL-BILLED TERN.
> 
> Terns in quantity--FORSTER'S, CASPIAN, and LEAST--were 
> reported from the upper Elk River, Cecil Co, MD. On July 29, 
> just about every piling that could be seen from the Triton 
> Marina had a tern on it. 
> 
> A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was found July 31 at the Patuxent NWR, 
> Prince George's Co, MD. 
> 
> RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS are being seen everywhere.
> 
> An early first-year LEAST FLYCATCHER was seen at the Ashton 
> pond, Montgomery Co, July 29.
> 
> A SEDGE WREN was again seen and heard in Allegany Co, MD on 
> July 31, near the intersection of Bald Knob and Blank Rds 
> outside of Savage River; two SEDGE WRENS were present Aug 1. 
> These fields also held an amazing number of HENSLOW'S 
> SPARROWS--there were at least 8 singing males, plus females 
> and juveniles--along with BOBOLINKS and a possible DICKCISSEL.
> 
> A SEDGE WREN was found July 31 in Garrett Co, MD; it was on 
> the south side of North Glade Rd, just west of North Glade, MD.
> 
> A SEDGE WREN was singing July 31 at the privately owned North 
> Fork Wetlands, Prince William Co, VA. 
> 
> Two MARSH WRENS were singing at Kingman Island, NE DC, on July 29.
> 
> A likely MOURNING WARBLER was discovered July 31 in southern 
> Prince George's Co, on a trail adjacent to Spice Creek along 
> the Patuxent River.
> 
> As many as 10 HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were singing along Pea Ridge 
> Rd in Garrett Co on July 28 and 30. In eastern Garrett Co, on 
> July 31, Russell Rd (DeLorme 66, C3) held a single HENSLOW'S 
> SPARROW as well as 2 VESPER SPARROWS. 
> 
> There were 2 reports of singing WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, one 
> July 29 at Centennial Lake, Howard Co, MD, and the other at 
> Paint Branch Stream Valley Park, College Park, Prince George's Co.
> 
> The DICKCISSEL in western Montgomery Co was again up and 
> singing July 28, along River Rd southeast of White's Ferry, 
> not far from the Patton Turf Farm at 24000.
> 
> In southern Cecil Co, 3 male DICKCISSELS were singing along 
> Old Telegraph Rd as of July 31. (This is 0.8 mile south of 
> Middleneck Rd,
> south of Bohemia Mills (DeLorme 78, D2).   
> 
> 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.
>