> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 4:39 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 10/11/2005
> 
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               10/11/2005
> 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, October 11, 
> at 5:00 p.m.
> 
> Top bird this week is *CURLEW SANDPIPER in MD.
> 
> Other birds of interest include COMMON MOORHEN, AMERICAN 
> GOLDEN-PLOVER and other shorebirds, BLACK TERN, EURASIAN 
> COLLARED-DOVE, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, thrushes, 
> ORANGE-CROWNED and CONNECTICUT WARBLER, LARK, NELSON'S 
> SHARP-TAILED and LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
> 
> A CURLEW SANDPIPER was seen on both Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 at the 
> West Ocean City (MD) Pond. It was feeding with other 
> shorebirds along the back edge of the pond.
> 
> Some of the participants in the Eastern Shore of Virginia 
> Birding Festival saw COMMON MOORHENS on Oct. 9 at Bredimus 
> Farms, Northampton Co, VA, one of the private locations open 
> for this annual festival.
> 
> During the same festival, but on Oct. 8, an AMERICAN 
> GOLDEN-PLOVER was found in a field on Arlington Road about a 
> mile south of the Custis Tomb, Northampton Co, VA mixed in 
> with a number of other shorebirds. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 
> was also found in Leonard's Pond, Rockingham Co, VA on Oct. 9 
> while a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen there on Oct. 4. 
> Three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were found on Oct. 10 at the 
> Central Sod Farms in Queen Anne's Co, MD.
> 
> A BLACK TERN was seen at the south end of Jug Bay, Anne 
> Arundel Co, MD on the 8th, 9th and 10th of Oct.
> 
> A participant in the Eastern Shore of VA Birding Festival 
> found, on Oct. 9, two EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES on the wires on 
> Rt. 600 in Northampton Co, VA near the Townsend Post Office 
> and another on the cross beam of a telephone pole at the 
> corner of Rt. 13 and Magotha Rd.
> 
> The always-present RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen Oct 10 at 
> Sky Meadows SP, Fauquier Co, VA. There was also a report of 
> an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Oct. 10 on a snag next to 
> the picnic grounds at Sandy Point SP, Anne Arundel Co, MD. 
> 
> While their numbers appeared to be down there continued to be 
> reports of migrating thrushes in the area throughout the 
> week, including a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at the National 
> Arboretum, NE DC, on Oct. 9. Thrushes were also reported in 
> decent numbers from the Assateague Island (MD) Big Sit on 
> Oct. 9 and from Rock Creek Park, DC on the 10th.
> 
> An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was the highlight of a visit to Sky 
> Meadows SP, on Oct. 9. It was seen on the east side of the 
> park near the stables. 
> 
> The best bird of the day on a trip to the Northern Neck of VA 
> on Oct. 10 was a CONNECTICUT WARBLER seen on private property 
> in Leedstown, Westmoreland Co, VA.
> 
> A LARK SPARROW was found Oct 9 a few miles south of 
> Machipongo, Northampton Co, VA perched on a wire along 
> Wilsonia Neck Dr near Pear Cottage Dr. Later the same day a 
> NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was observed among a couple of 
> SEASIDE SPARROWS in Oyster, Northampton Co, VA.
> 
> LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were spotted in several locations last 
> week with a sighting on Oct. 9 at the Rock Creek Park 
> Maintenance Yard and another on Oct. 10 from Charlie Road, 
> Occoquan NWR, Prince William Co, VA. Four LINCOLN'S SPARROWS 
> were seen Oct. 10 on the east side of Sky Meadows SP near the 
> stables. Three LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were found at Morgan Run, 
> Carroll Co, MD on the same day.
> 
> And lastly, four RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen on Oct. 9 during 
> the regular weekly bird walk at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA.
> 
> On Oct 22, See Life Paulagics is running a trip out of Lewes, 
> DE. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or 
> check their web page at paulagics.com. 
> 
> 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.
>