>From: Steve Cordle <>
>Date: 2006/11/21 Tue PM 04:45:42 CST
>To: 
>Subject: DC Area, 11/21/06

>Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
>Date:               11/21/2006
>Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
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>Transcriber:        Steve Cordle ()
>
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>This report was prepared Tuesday, November 21, at 3 pm.
>
>Top birds this week are *ICELAND GULL in VA and *EURASIAN
>COLLARED-DOVE and NORTHERN SHRIKE in MD.
>
>Other birds of interest include possible ROSS'S GOOSE, BRANT, ducks,
>RED-THROATED LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, *ANHINGA, GREAT WHITE HERON,
>NORTHERN GOSHAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, PEREGRINE FALCON,
>VIRGINIA RAIL, BLACK-HEADED and BONAPARTE'S GULLS, SHORT-EARED OWL,
>SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, COMMON RAVEN, MARSH WREN,
>HERMIT THRUSH, AMERICAN TREE and LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and BALTIMORE
>ORIOLE.
>
>An immature *ICELAND GULL was seen Nov 18 from the blind at Metz
>Wetlands, Woodbridge, Prince William Co, VA; the bird subsequently
>flew in the direction of the county landfill. 
>
>A pair of *EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES discovered Nov 19 at Blackwater NWR
>were the first of that species to arrive in Dorchester Co, MD; they
>were on wires along Hooper Island Rd at the southern end of the
>community on Upper Hooper Island, in the vicinity of lot No. 2363.
>
>The NORTHERN SHRIKE in Frederick Co, MD, was seen daily--by patient
>birders--through Nov 20. It frequents trees along both sides of
>Shriver Rd, east of Emmitsburg (DeLorme 73, A4).
>
>A possible ROSS'S GOOSE was seen Nov 18 in the Great Marsh at Mason
>Neck NWR, Fairfax Co, VA. Two ROSS'S GEESE were noted Nov 19 at
>Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA.
>
>A BRANT was again present Nov 20 at Hains Point, SW DC, where it was
>grazing near the tip of the Point not far from the statue of The
>Awakening.
>
>Waterfowl are in. On Nov 19, Belmont Bay in Fairfax Co hosted 15
>species of duck, including some 11,000 RUDDY DUCKS and nearly 4,000
>LESSER SCAUP.
>
>On Nov 15, Constitution Gardens, NW DC, featured 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS
>and a NORTHERN PINTAIL. The Shovelers were still there Nov 20. A
>(the?) Pintail was seen Nov 17 at Hains Point.  
>
>A RED-THROATED LOON was observed Nov 15 at Greenbrier SP, Boonsboro,
>Washington Co, MD. A RED-THROATED LOON was spotted Nov 19 at Sandy
>Point SP, Anne Arundel Co, MD; it was in the boat rental pond. A
>RED-THROATED LOON was found Nov 17 at George Washington Birthplace Nat
>Monument, Westmoreland Co, VA.
>
>There were reports of RED-NECKED GREBE Nov 14 at Liberty Lake, Carroll
>Co, MD; Nov 17 at Oak Grove Lake Park, Chesapeake, VA; and Nov 18 at
>Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore Co.
>
>On Nov 20 an *ANHINGA flew high over the hawk watch at Kiptopeke SP,
>Northampton Co, VA.
>
>The GREAT WHITE HERON in Calvert Co, MD, was seen along the shoreline
>at Scientists Cliffs on Nov 18, and in a nearby backyard on Nov 19. 
>
>A possible NORTHERN GOSHAWK was spotted in downtown Washington on Nov
>15 from an office at Connecticut and M Sts, NW; a similar bird was
>seen Nov 17 at 6th and Constitution, NW.  
>
>A late BROAD-WINGED HAWK was found Nov 14 at Holland Point, Anne
>Arundel Co; it was seen along Rte 261 just north of North Beach.
>
>GOLDEN EAGLES were about, with 2 seen Nov 19 at the Snicker's Gap Hawk
>Watch  on the Clarke/Loudoun Co (VA) line. A GOLDEN EAGLE was present
>at the Prince William Co landfill Nov 14 and again Nov 18. Two GOLDEN
>EAGLES showed up at Blackwater's Visitor Center Nov 19. An immature
>GOLDEN EAGLE was noted Nov 20 in DE, east of Smyrna, heading in the
>direction of Woodland Beach.
>
>A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS was noted (from the vantage point of a
>fire boat) on the wires of the Metro bridge over the Potomac on Nov
>18.
>
>Two VIRGINIA RAILS were calling at Lilypons Water Gardens, Frederick
>Co, on Nov 19.  
>
>Two adult winter BLACK-HEADED GULLS were found Nov 19 at the Wolfe
>Neck Treatment Plant in Lewes, DE. A BONAPARTE'S GULL showed up Nov 18
>at Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve, western Anne Arundel Co.
>
>On Nov 18, a single SHORT-EARED OWL soared over a field in Rectortown,
>northern Fauquier Co, VA. 
>
>Southern VA is hosting 2 SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS, one at a feeder in
>Lynchburg and another in Amherst Co.
>
>A late BLUE-HEADED VIREO visited a yard in Columbia, Howard Co, MD, on
>Nov 18.
>
>A COMMON RAVEN was seen Nov 20 in southeastern Loudoun Co, VA, over
>Rte 50 about 2 miles west of Fairfax Co. On Nov 17, 2 COMMON RAVENS
>flew over I-270 about 2 miles south of the Montgomery/Frederick Co
>line.
> 
>A lingering MARSH WREN was found at Lilypons on Nov 19. 
>
>On Nov 15, a HERMIT THRUSH graced a hotel garden at 17th and N Sts, NW
>DC.
>
>On Nov 18, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was spotted at Blue Mash Nature
>Trail, Montgomery Co, while 2 TREE SPARROWS were found at Huntley
>Meadows Park, Fairfax Co. A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was noted Nov 18 along
>Blackwater's new Tubman Road Trail. [This hiking trail is accessed by
>taking Church Creek Rd south from Key Wallace Rd south to a left
>(east) on Hip Roof Rd.]
>
>On Nov 17, a late BALTIMORE ORIOLE surprised visitors to Horn Point in
>Cambridge, Talbot Co, MD.
>
>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
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>
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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)