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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject: DC Area, 5/16/06
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> Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
> Date: 5/16/2006
> Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
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> This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon
> Naturalist Society. This report was prepared Tuesday, May 16, at 8
pm.
>
> Top birds this week are TRUMPETER SWAN in MD, ANHINGA,
> MISSISSIPPI KITE, and SANDHILL CRANE in VA, WHITE-WINGED DOVE
> in DE, and WESTERN KINGBIRD in MD.
>
> Other birds of interest include NORTHERN BOBWHITE, LEAST
> BITTERN, herons, COMMON MOORHEN, PEREGRINE FALCON, BLACK and
> other RAILS, shorebirds, GLAUCOUS GULL, GULL-BILLED TERN,
> BLACK SKIMMER, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, OLIVE-SIDED and other
> FLYCATCHERS, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, HORNED
> LARK, BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, warblers,
> LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and BOBOLINK.
>
> A TRUMPETER SWAN was still at Schoolhouse Pond, Upper
> Marlboro, Prince George's Co, MD, as of May 11.
>
> A male ANHINGA could be seen--with a scope--from the spillway
> of Stumpy Lake (on Elbow Road), just over the line in
> Virginia Beach, on May 13.
>
> For the sixth year in a row, a MISSISSIPPI KITE has returned
> to the Waynewood neighborhood of eastern Fairfax Co, VA, with
> reports from May 12 and 13. On May 15, a MISSISSIPPI KITE was
> spotted near Manassas, Prince William Co, VA, as it flew over
> the Rte 234 exit from I-66. On May 14, a MISSISSIPPI KITE
> soared over Back Road in Shenandoah Co, VA.
>
> Two SANDHILL CRANES flew across the James River, from Hog
> Island WMA to College Creek in James City Co, VA, on May 10.
>
> A male WHITE-WINGED DOVE was frequenting feeders in the last
> block of Tazewell Ave in Cape Charles, Northampton Co, VA,
> May 11 and 12. On May 12, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen at
> Cape Henlopen SP, DE; it was spotted at the parking lot at the
Point.
>
> At Ft McHenry, Baltimore, a WESTERN KINGBIRD provided
> extended views on the evening of May 10.
>
> NORTHERN BOBWHITE was heard calling at the Aberdeen Proving
> Ground, Harford Co, MD, on May 9. Three BOBWHITES were
> reported near Upper Marlboro on May 13. Also on May 13, 5
> NORTHERN BOBWHITES were found at Blandy Experimental Farm,
> Clarke Co, VA--along with 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, a VESPER
> SPARROW, and BOBOLINKS.
>
> At least 100 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS are nesting in far
> southern Prince George's Co, on towers that carry the power
> line from Chalk Point across the Patuxent River to Calvert Co.
>
> A LEAST BITTERN was found during the May 13 May Count at
> Courthouse Point WMA, Cecil Co, MD.
>
> An immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was discovered May 9
> behind an office building in McLean, Fairfax Co. A
> BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was observed flying over Rock Creek
> Park, NW DC, on May 10, and on May 13, a YELLOW-CROWNED
> NIGHT-HERON was seen at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, NE DC,
> along the wooded river trail.
>
> Both BLACK-CROWNED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were
> scoped at the second impoundment at Pennyfield Lock,
> Montgomery Co, on May 14--along with 8 to 10 pairs of nesting
> GREEN HERONS. On May 16, the adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
> had been joined by a first-summer bird. On May 9, a pair of
> YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS perched not far from the tower at
> Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co.
>
> On May 16, a PEREGRINE FALCON soared past an office at
> Bailey's Crossroads, Fairfax Co.
>
> A BLACK RAIL found May 13 was the first noted in Dorchester
> Co, MD, in several years; that same day southern Dorchester
> was home to 17 CLAPPER, 1 KING, and 47 VIRGINIA RAILS--as
> well as 9 COMMON MOORHENS.
> On May 13, a single KING RAIL was heard, close at hand, in
> Prince George's Co on May 13; it was on a stretch of the
> Patuxent River between River Airport and Milltown Landing.
>
> The beaches and wash flats of Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co,
> VA, hosted a colorful assortment of birds over the weekend,
> including PIPING PLOVER, BLACK SKIMMER, and GULL-BILLED
> TERNS. In Kent Co, MD, the main pond at Chesapeake Farms,
> Kent Co, MD, held more than 700 shorebirds on May 13,
> including a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a STILT SANDPIPER,
> while fields around Great Oaks pond sported 400 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS.
>
> Following an impressive spawn of horseshoe crabs on May 13,
> the beaches of Delaware Bay were teaming with shorebirds. In
> addition to an estimated 1,000-1,500 RED KNOTS, Mispillion
> Harbor held several hundred RUDDY TURNSTONES, at least 2,000
> DUNLIN, and a few hundred SANDERLINGS and DOWITCHERS, plus
> several BLACK-NECKED STILTS and a few AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS.
>
> On May 15, the impoundments on Broadkill Beach Rd, DE, held 3
> STILT SANDPIPERS and 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, as well as 10
> BLACK-NECKED STILTS. On May 10, Craney Island, Portsmouth,
> VA, hosted 5 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS plus BLACK-NECKED
> STILTS, BLACK SKIMMERS, and
> 3 GULL-BILLED TERNS.
>
> A GLAUCOUS GULL was present at the fishing pier along Port
> Mahon Rd, DE, late in the day on May 14.
>
> COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were in evidence at a variety of locations,
> with as many as 15 seen in the Tyson's Corner area of Fairfax
> Co, over the illuminated buildings on Gallows Rd at Boone
> Blvd near Leesburg Pike.
> Single birds have been seen in VA, at Monticello Park and
> Falls Church. In MD, they have appeared in yards in Cabin
> John, Montgomery Co, and Ferndale, Anne Arundel Co. One
> NIGHTHAWK was roosting in an oak at Picnic Area 18 in Rock
> Creek May 12, and on May 14 and 16, a NIGHTHAWK was perched
> in a tree overhanging the C&O Canal beside the first
> impoundment at Pennyfield Lock.
>
> OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS made their traditional
> Mother's-Day-weekend pass through the area, with 2 seen in
> the Granite Area of Patapsco Valley SP, Baltimore Co, on May
> 13, and one at a home near Clifton, Fairfax Co, on May 14.
>
> On May 13, an ALDER FLYCATCHER was found along Leeds Manor Rd
> in the vicinity of Sky Meadows SP, western Fauquier Co. This
> road also offered BOBOLINKS and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS--and,
> further along--a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Sky Meadows itself
> presented a WILLOW FLYCATCHER along the Bridle Trail.
> Both ALDER and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were singing May 16 in
> Pocahontas SP on VA's Northern Neck; they were along the
> Beaver Lake Trail boardwalk. A WILLOW FLYCATCHER was found
> May 13 at the DC Veterans Memorial on the Mall, NW DC, and 2
> were found May 12 at Haul Rd at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co.
>
> A HORNED LARK was seen and heard in DC on May 14, as it
> winged over the road through Kenilworth Park.
>
> The trails of Eastern Shore NWR, Kent Co, revealed 3 pairs of
> nesting BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES on May 13.
>
> A PHILADELPHIA VIREO surfaced at Rock Creek Park on May 12.
>
> GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at several area locations.
>
> Warbler highlights this week included a female GOLDEN-WINGED
> WARBLER at Rock Creek Park May 10, and a MOURNING WARBLER
> there May 11 and May 12, the latter near the Nature Center. A
> MOURNING WARBLER was discovered May 13 along the C&O Canal
> upstream from Pennyfield Lock, singing and foraging across from MP
20.
>
> Other sites with double-digit warbler species included the
> National Arboretum, NE DC; in MD, Upper Watts Branch Park,
> Rockville, Montgomery Co; Rockburn Branch Park, Howard Co;
> Soldiers Delight NA, Baltimore Co; Patuxent Research
> Refuge/North Tract, Anne Arundel Co; in VA, Huntley Meadows
> Park; Prince William Forest Park; Possum Point Rd, Prince
> William Co; and the G. Richard Thompson WMA in western Fauquier
Co.
>
> LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were again seen at several locations,
> including Rock Creek Park; the Blue Ridge Center in northwest
> Loudoun Co, VA; and Riverbend Park, Fairfax Co.
>
> Some 20 BOBOLINKS popped up at Kenilworth Park, NE DC, May
> 13--along with an EASTERN MEADOWLARK and a BLUE GROSBEAK. A
> few BOBOLINKS lingered at Lake Artemesia in Greenbelt, Prince
> George's Co, through May 11. On May 12, 30 BOBOLINKS flitted
> through fields near the main pond at the soccerplex in
> Germantown, Montgomery Co. Some BOBOLINKS visited fields in
> western Loudoun Co May 13, and about 35 were seen on Deer
> Park Rd, Carroll Co, that same day.
>
> 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.
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> Committee (www.virginiabirds.org.
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