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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:59 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 5/30/06
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> Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
> Date: 5/30/2006
> 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 30,
> at 9:30 pm.
>
> Top birds this week are WESTERN GREBE in Delaware,
> frigatebird in VA, MISSISSIPPI KITE in VA, and WESTERN
> KINGBIRD in MD.
>
> Other birds of interest include ANHINGA, AMERICAN and LEAST
> BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON MOORHEN, shorebirds,
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, WHIP-POOR-WILL,
> OLIVE-SIDED, YELLOW-BELLIED, and ALDER FLYCATCHERS,
> BICKNELL'S THRUSH, warblers, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED and
> LINCOLN'S SPARROW, BOBOLINK, and RED CROSSBILLS.
>
> A WESTERN GREBE has been observed for the last three days at
> Battery Park in the Delaware River at the end of Delaware St
> in New Castle, DE.
>
> On May 26, a male frigatebird, presumably a Magnificent, but
> not positively identified to species, was seen on a lamppost
> on the southbound lanes of Rte 13 on Fisherman Island,
> Northampton Co, VA on May 26. It was not relocated later.
>
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen again in the Waynewood
> neighborhood of eastern Fairfax Co, VA, with reports from May
> 24 and 26. On May 27 a pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES near
> Branchville in Southampton Co, VA appeared to be using the
> same nest as last year.
>
> The WESTERN KINGBIRD at Ft. McHenry National Monument,
> Baltimore, MD was seen again on May 25. A possible WESTERN
> KINGBIRD was reported at Hughes Hollow, Montgomery Co, MD on May
29.
>
> There were a couple of reports of ANHINGAS in southeastern
> Virginia over the weekend, with one found May 27 at Bellyache
> Swamp (on Rte 661 between Rte 652 and Rte 653), another on
> the 28th in Virginia Beach north of the bridge on Nanney's
> Creek Rd just west of the intersection with Mill Landing Rd
> (near C6 on pg 35 of the DeLorme Atlas), and two were seen
> the same day at Stumpy Lake in VA Beach.
>
> A LEAST BITTERN was spotted on May 25 at Fort McHenry, Baltimore,
MD.
> A LEAST BITTERN and a COMMON MOORHEN were seen at Hughes
> Hollow, Montgomery Co, MD on May 24. An AMERICAN and a LEAST
> BITTERN along with a COMMON MOORHEN were seen there on May 28.
>
> VIRGINIA RAILS were reported from Dyer Rd in Caroline Co, MD
> on May 24 and from the Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation
> Project, Loudoun Co, VA on May 28 and May 29.
>
> Two COMMON MOORHENS were found May 26 at the Little Patuxent
> Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve, Anne Arundel Co, MD.
>
> The shorebird migration continued this week with the greatest
> activity in Delaware. Two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were
> present at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA on May 27.
> There were many WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS at Port Mahon and
> Taylor's Gut, DE, on May 28. Also at Port Mahon Road, DE on
> the 28th were as many as 150 RED KNOTS. About a 1,000 RED
> KNOTS were seen in the Mispillon Lighthouse, DE, area the
> same day. A STILT SANDPIPER and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were
> seen at Great Oak Pond near Melitota, Kent Co, MD on May 27.
>
> A RUFF was found at Taylor's Gut, DE on May 28.
>
> A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was seen at the PPG ponds in Cumberland,
> Allegany Co, MD, on May 23 along with several other
> shorebirds including a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. A RED-NECKED
> PHALAROPE was seen on May 28 at the far end of Shearness
> Pond, Bombay Hook NWR, DE.
>
> A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen May 28 in the picnic area at
> the Great Falls NP, Fairfax Co, VA.
>
> A CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW and 3 or 4 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard
> early on the morning of May 28, on Breckinridge Rd by Prince
> William Forest NP, Prince William Co, VA. WHIP-POOR-WILLS
> were also reported on May 24 from County End Rd and Dead End
> Rd in Caroline Co, MD.
>
> An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Monticello Park,
> Alexandria, VA on May 24. One was also seen at Mt. Nebo WMA,
> Garrett Co, MD on May 27. Another OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was
> seen at the Blandy Experimental Farm, Clarke Co, VA on May
> 29. Another OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was also reported from
> Garrett Co, MD over the weekend.
>
> A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was reported from Lake Roland,
> Baltimore Co, MD on May 23. Another was singing at Fort C. F.
> Smith Park, Arlington Co, VA on May 27. And on May 29, one
> was also reported from Little Bennett Regional Park,
> Montgomery Co, MD.
>
> ALDER FLYCATCHERS were reported from several locations,
> including one May 24 and May 26, along River Rd, between
> Hughes Rd and Sycamore Landing Rd, Montgomery Co, MD. Another
> was reported the same day from Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA and
> still another at the Raymond Pool Tower at Bombay Hook NWR,
> DE on May 28. There was also one on May 28 in Lynchburg, VA
> and from Finzel Swamp, Garrett Co, MD.
>
> A BICKNELL'S THRUSH was heard at Rock Creek Park on May 27.
>
> While warbler sightings decreased some during the past week,
> 32 species were observed during the week. The highlights
> included a GOLDEN-WINGED at the Rock Creek Park Maintenance
> Yard on May 23 and several reports of MOURNING WARBLERS. The
> MOURNING WARBLER sightings included one on May 23 at the Rock
> Creek Park Maintenance Yard, another the same day at the
> National Arboretum, NE DC, one at Violette's Lock, C&O Canal
> National Historical Park, Montgomery Co, MD on May 24, and
> one at Monticello Park the same day.
>
> Locations with double-digit warbler species included Little
> Bennett Regional Park, Fort McHenry, Lake Roland, Monticello
> Park, Leesylvania SP, Prince William Co, VA, Rock Creek Park,
> and Prince William Forest Park, Prince William Co, VA.
>
> Two NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were reported from Swan
> Harbor, Harford Co, MD on May 26.
>
> LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were again seen at several locations last
> week, including the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard and
> North Point SP, Baltimore Co, MD.
>
> Male and female BOBOLINKS, some of them possibly nesting,
> were reported from several locations last week. They were
> seen on Ebenezer Church Rd in western Loudoun Co, VA
> throughout the week and from Harrison Rd in northern Fauquier
> Co, VA on May 24 and May 28. On May
> 26 a female BOBOLINK was seen at Fort C. F. Smith Park.
>
> Two RED CROSSBILLS, a male and a female, were seen at a
> feeder at Bear Mountain Farm, Highland Co, VA on May 28.
>
> 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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> www.audubonnaturalist.org/cgi-bin/mesh/store) is an excellent
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