> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:34 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 8/23/2005
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               8/23/2005
> 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 23, at 
> 6:30 p.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are RED KNOT in MD and YELLOW-BELLIED 
> FLYCATCHER in VA. 
> 
> Other birds of interest include NORTHERN BOBWHITE, AMERICAN 
> WHITE PELICAN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, falcons, plovers, 
> shorebirds including MARBLED GODWIT, UPLAND, WHITE-RUMPED, 
> BAIRD'S, and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and WILSON'S PHALAROPE; 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ALDER FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, SEDGE WREN, 
> warblers, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and
BOBOLINK. 
> 
> A juvenile RED KNOT was spotted at the back pool in Swan 
> Harbor Farm Park, Harford Co, MD on August 20. It was refound 
> on August 22.
> 
> A MAPS banding class at Airlie, Fauquier Co, VA caught and 
> banded a hatch-year YELLOW-BREASTED FLYCATCHER on August 21. 
> The Kiptopeke Banding Station, Northampton Co, VA caught and 
> banded a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER on August 23.
> 
> A NORTHERN BOBWHITE was reported from the Kembo Road area of 
> Northern Anne Arundel Co, MD on August 19.
> 
> An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was sighted on August 18 and 21 at 
> Hog Island WMA, Surrey Co, VA.
> 
> A total of 73 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were reported from the 
> Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, Waynesboro, VA on August 20. There 
> were several kettles ranging from 7-11 birds at a time.
> 
> A MERLIN was observed spooking the shorebirds in a plowed 
> field at Wright and Reliance Roads in Caroline Co, MD on 
> August 21.A PEREGRINE FALCON streaked low over Raymond Pool, 
> Bombay Hook NWR, DE on August 21.
> 
> A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen in Raymond Pool, Bombay Hook 
> NWR on August 21. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was picked out of 
> many KILLDEER at the polo grounds on Hughes Road, Montgomery 
> Co, MD on August 23
> 
> A MARBLED GODWIT was seen in Shearness Pool, Bombay Hook NWR 
> on August 21.
> 
> UPLAND SANDPIPERS, in varying numbers, continue in the fields 
> in and around the Woodward Turf Farm in southwestern Fauquier 
> Co, VA, with reports from August 16, 17, 20 and 22. The 
> Woodward Turf Farm is located south of Remington on Sumerduck 
> Rd (Rte 651) and Rte 654. On August 17, BUFF-BREASTED 
> SANDPIPERS were seen in the same field. An UPLAND SANDPIPER 
> was vocalizing at the Wye Island WMA, Queen Anne's Co, MD on 
> August 21. Another UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen in the fields on 
> Oland Road, Frederick Co, MD on August 23.
> 
> A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was reported August 18 from a harvested 
> cucumber field at Kinder Rd. and North Oak Grove Rd. south of 
> Federalsburg, Caroline Co, MD. Another BAIRD'S SANDPIPER made 
> an appearance at the ponds at Mason-Dixon Farms, Frederick 
> Co, MD on August 23.
> 
> A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was spotted on the main dike at 
> Hurlock WWTP, Dorchester Co, MD on August 21. It was joined 
> by two more seen on August 22.
> 
> A basic-plumaged WILSON'S PHALAROPE was spinning in the Rt. 
> 50 borrow pit west of Salisbury, Wicomico Co, MD on August 
> 16.It was seen again on August 20, 21 and 22. A WHITE-RUMPED 
> SANDPIPER was also seen in the borrow pit on August 22.
> 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have begun their nocturnal acrobatics in 
> the area with reports from the Fair Oaks area, Van Dyke Park 
> and Tyson's Corner, Fairfax Co, VA and Great Falls near the 
> Potomac River. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have also been seen in 
> Elkton, Cecil Co, MD and around the Washington Monument, DC. 
> The Kiptopeke Banding Station, Northampton Co, VA captured 
> and banded a CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW on August 17.
> 
> An ALDER FLYCATCHER was heard by a few bird walk participants 
> at Riverbend Park, Fairfax Co, VA on August 21.
> 
> Three COMMON RAVENS flew over Rt.15, just south of the Rt. 
> 806 exit, Frederick Co, MD on August 23.
> 
> A SEDGE WREN was heard at the intersection of Blank and Bald 
> Knob Roads, near Frostburg, Allegany Co, MD on August 18.
> 
> A CERULEAN WARBLER was banded at the Kiptopeke St. Pk., 
> Northampton Co, VA on August 17. A sprinkling of WARBLERS 
> migrated through this week, including BLUE-WINGED, YELLOW, 
> CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-AND-WHITE, MOURNING and 
> CANADA as well as AMERICAN REDSTART and both NORTHERN and 
> LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.
> 
> Two BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted August 20 at the National 
> Arboretum, DC. A pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS perched together in 
> an Alder tree on Durst Road, Garrett Co, MD on August 22. 
> Another BLUE GROSBEAK was singing on Hughes Road, Montgomery 
> Co, MD on August 23.
> 
> A HENSLOW'S SPARROW was heard in a still un-mowed field near 
> Blank Road in Allegany Co, MD on August 22.
> 
> A singing DICKCISSEL was noted on Rt. 651 west of US 29 in 
> southwestern Fauquier Co near Remington on August 16. 
> DICKCISSELS remain in Montgomery Co, MD with a report from 
> August 18 from the fields across from the Patton Turf Farm, 
> River Road Extended and from the Germantown Soccerplex on 
> August 20. A small flock of BOBOLINKS was seen at the Patton 
> Turf Farm, also on August 18. Another DICKCISSEL was heard in 
> the Remington area on August 20 along with several BOBOLINKS.
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the 
> MDOSPREY, VA-Bird, and DE Birds 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.
>