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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:57 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 5/23/06
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               5/23/2006
> 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 23, at 5
pm.
> 
> Top birds this week are WHITE-FACED IBIS in MD, MISSISSIPPI 
> KITE in VA, EUROPEAN WHIMBREL* in MD, BICKNELL'S THRUSH in MD 
> and VA and WESTERN KINGBIRD and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW in
MD.  
> 
> Other birds of interest include AMERICAN and LEAST BITTERN, 
> COMMON MOORHEN, shorebirds, LITTLE GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, OLIVE-SIDED and WILLOW 
> FLYCATCHERS, CLIFF SWALLOW, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, warblers and 
> LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
> 
> An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was picked out of a group of about 
> 40 GLOSSY IBIS in the South Point area of Worcester Co, MD on May
20.
> 
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen again in the Waynewood 
> neighborhood of eastern Fairfax Co, VA, with reports from May 
> 18 and 22. 
> 
> A flock of 20 WHIMBRELS took flight at Tydings, Harford Co., 
> MD on May 21.  A keen-eyed birder spotted a white rump on one 
> which distinguished it as a EUROPEAN WHIMBREL* – a first 
> Maryland record.
> 
> The WESTERN KINGBIRD, located last week at Ft. McHenry 
> National Monument, Baltimore, MD was seen again on May 18.
> 
> A BICKNELL'S THRUSH put in an appearance in Upper Watts 
> Branch Park, Montgomery Co, MD on May 18.  On May 22, The 
> First Landing SP banding station netted four thrushes on the 
> same net: BICKNELL'S, GRAY-CHEEKED, SWAINSON'S and VEERY.
> 
> A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was noted on Hart-Miller 
> Island, Baltimore Co, on May 20.
> 
> Two LEAST BITTERNS were photographed at Southwest Area Park, 
> Baltimore Co., on May 16.  A LEAST BITTERN flew low and 
> dropped into the marsh at Julie Metz Wetlands Bank, Prince 
> William Co, VA on May 18.  Both AMERICAN and LEAST BITTERNS 
> along with a COMMON MOORHEN were seen at Hughes Hollow, 
> Montgomery Co, MD on May 21.  On the same day, an AMERICAN 
> and a LEAST BITTERN were seen at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA.
> 
> The shorebird migration continues this week with 11 species 
> at the Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Talbot Co, MD 
> including five WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS on May 18.  
> WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were also present at the Rte 309 
> ponds, Queen Anne's Co, MD on May 18 and at Swan Harbor Farm 
> Park, Harford Co., MD on May 20.  A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER 
> was one of 15 shorebird species present on Hart-Miller 
> Island, on May 20.  Port Mahon Road, DE still held hordes of 
> shorebirds on May 20 including three RED KNOTS, increasing to 
> four RED KNOTS on May 22.
> 
> A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE paid a visit to Blackwater NWR, 
> Dorchester Co., MD with sightings on May 16 and 17.  Another 
> RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was reported from Chesapeake Farms, Kent 
> Co., MD on May 22.
> 
> Two first-summer LITTLE GULLS were spotted at Tydings, 
> Harford Co, MD on May 21.  A strikingly white second-year 
> GLAUCOUS GULL was present at Port Mahon Rd, DE, on May 17. 
> 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS visited Hughes Hollow on May 17. A 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was vocalizing at Dyke Marsh on May 21 
> while another surfaced at Great Falls NP, Fairfax Co., VA on 
> the same day.  Another BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Rock 
> Creek Park, DC on May 21 and 22.
> Monticello Park, Alexandria, VA also hosted a BLACK-BILLED 
> CUCKOO on May 22.  
> 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were in evidence at a variety of locations, 
> with as many as 10 seen in at Fort Smallwood SP, Anne Arundel 
> Co, MD on May 16, east of Lake Audubon in Reston, Fairfax Co, 
> VA on May 17; Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA on May 21, 
> Leesylvania SP, Prince William Co, VA on May 21 and 
> Centennial Lake, Howard Co., MD on May 23..  Two COMMON 
> NIGHTHAWKS buzzed early morning visitors to Hughes Hollow on 
> May 21.  Three COMMON NIGHTHAWKS put on a great show in 
> Northeast, Cecil Co, MD early in the morning of May 22.  Two 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were noted over a private residence in the 
> City of Falls Church, VA on May 22.
> 
> An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER made an appearance at Rock Creek 
> Park, DC on May 17 and was being seen as late as May 22.  An 
> OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was spotted at Great Falls NP on May 
> 18.  Another OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was reported from 
> Leesylvania SP on May 20 and 21.
> 
> A cooperative WILLOW FLYCATCHER brightened an evening walk at 
> Fort McHenry on May 17.  Another WILLOW FLYCATCHER was 
> hawking insects at the Julie Metz Wetlands Bank on May 18.
> 
>  A CLIFF SWALLOW graced the scheduled bi-monthly bird walk at 
> Mason Neck SP, Fairfax Co, VA on May 20,
> 
> A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was photographed at Smallwood SP, 
> Charles Co, MD on May 20.
> 
> Warbler highlights this week included a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER 
> heard near Swallow Falls SP and another heard at The Glades, 
> Garrett Co, MD on May 18.  A MOURNING WARBLER was spotted at 
> the Rock Creek Park maintenance yard on May 17.  It was still 
> being seen through May 22.
> 
> Other sites with double-digit warbler species included Fort 
> McHenry, The Possum Point/Cockpit Road area, Prince William 
> Co, VA, Monticello Park, Alexandria VA, Leesylvania SP, Rock 
> Creek Park, Prince William Forest Park, Prince William Co, 
> VA, Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co, VA, Hughes Hollow, 
> Dyke Marsh and Susquehanna State Park, Harford Co., MD.
> 
> A LARK SPARROW was calmly pecking grit at Kenilworth Park, DC 
> on May 23.  LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were again seen at several 
> locations, including Rock Creek Park; Lake Roland, Baltimore 
> Co, MD and Fort McHenry.
> 
> 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 either the MD/DC Records Committee
> (www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html) or the VA Records 
> Committee (www.virginiabirds.org).
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