> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:40 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 8/9/2005
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               8/9/2005
> 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, August 9, at noon.
> 
> Top birds this week are MISSISSIPPI KITE in VA, a family of 
> AMERICAN COOTS in MD, UPLAND SANDPIPER in MD and VA, and 
> possible EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in MD.
> 
> Other birds of interest include NORTHERN BOBWHITE, LEAST 
> BITTERN, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, shorebirds, GULL-BILLED 
> and BLACK TERNS, LEAST FLYCATCHER, BANK SWALLOW, SEDGE WREN, 
> DICKCISSEL 
> 
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were once again soaring over the Waynewood 
> subdivision in southeastern Fairfax County, VA; between one 
> and three birds have been sighted in the vicinity of the Carl 
> Sandburg Middle School on August 5, 6, and 8. 
> 
> A family of AMERICAN COOTS--two adults and four 
> juveniles--were discovered during the weekly survey at 
> Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD, a happy surprise and a 
> rare breeding record. (Hart-Miller also featured 3 LEAST 
> BITTERNS, 14 species of shorebird, and 6 BLACK
> TERNS.)
> 
> As many as 10 UPLAND SANDPIPERS are frequenting fields in 
> southwestern Fauquier Co, VA, with reports through Aug 8. The 
> Woodward Turf Farm is located south of Remington on Sumerduck 
> Rd (Rte 651) and Rte 654. 
> 
> Two UPLAND SANDPIPERS were at the east Mason-Dixon Farm pond 
> on Harney Rd in northern Frederick Co, MD, August 2. A single 
> UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen Aug 8 at the sod farm on John Brown 
> Rd, Queen Anne's Co, MD. 
> 
> The EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE reported last week at the 
> Mason-Dixon Farm was possibly glimpsed again Aug 2. 
> 
> Some 22 NORTHERN BOBWHITES were observed Aug 7 at a farm near 
> Allen's Fresh in Charles Co, MD.  
> 
> Two YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen Aug 8 along Twin 
> Branches Trail in Reston, Fairfax Co. On Aug 8, 4 juvenile 
> YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS visited a backyard in Baltimore.
> 
> Three PIPING PLOVERS were seen Aug 6 at Cape Henlopen SP, DE. 
> Nine PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were at the Mason-Dixon pond the 
> evening of Aug 3. A smattering of shorebirds is being 
> reported from Cameron Run, along Eisenhower Avenue near 
> Bluestone Rd, in Alexandria, VA. As many as 9 shorebird 
> species plus assorted waders are visiting the Williams Rd 
> pond in Elkton, Cecil Co, MD. Spots to check for shorebirds 
> in Montgomery Co, MD, include Lake Needwood in Rockville and 
> the drawn-down pond at the Soccerplex in Germantown. 
> 
> On Aug 8, a GULL-BILLED TERN was noted at the north pond at 
> Ted Harvey Conservation Area, DE.
> 
> A LEAST FLYCATCHER has been singing through the summer near a 
> residence in southwestern Loudoun Co, VA. 
> 
> More than 1,000 BANK SWALLOWS were decorating the wires along 
> River Rd southwest of White's Ferry, western Montgomery Co, on Aug
7.
> 
> As many as 4 SEDGE WRENS are singing at Ted Harvey's Logan 
> Lane Tract, with reports on Aug 6, 7, and 8. In Augusta Co, 
> VA, as many as 5 SEDGE WRENS have been found near 
> Middlebrook, near the intersection of Mish Barn Rd (Rte 876) 
> with Rte 602.
> 
> As of Aug 7, 2 DICKCISSELS continued to sing in western 
> Montgomery Co, along River Rd southeast of White's Ferry, not 
> far from the Patton Turf Farm at 24000. At least 3 singing 
> Dickcissels were still on Old Telegraph Rd, Cecil County, Aug 
> 8. (This is 0.8 mile south of Middleneck Rd, south of Bohemia 
> Mills (DeLorme 78, D2). In VA, numerous DICKCISSELS proved a 
> bonus this week for birders seeking the Upland Sandpipers in 
> Fauquier Co. 
> 
> The See Life Paulagics trip out of Lewes, DE, on Saturday, 
> August 27 is now full. To be put on a wait list, call them at 
> 215-896-6405 or e-mail them at  
> 
> 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.
>