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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:19 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 12/12/06
>
> Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
> Date: 12/12/2006
> 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 report was completed Tuesday, December
12, at
> 5:45 pm.
>
> Top birds this week are *PACIFIC LOON in VA, *AMERICAN WHITE
> PELICAN in MD, *BLACK-HEADED GULL in VA, BLACK-CHINNED
> HUMMINGBIRD in WV, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in VA and MD, and
> HARRIS' SPARROW in DE.
>
> Other birds of interest include GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE,
> ROSS'S GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, ducks, RUFFED GROUSE,
> RED-THROATED LOON, AMERICAN BITTERN, GOLDEN EAGLE, SANDHILL
> CRANE, ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, SHORT-EARED OWL,
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, warblers, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, and
> RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
>
> For the 4th year in a row a *PACIFIC LOON has been found at
> the Kerr Reservoir in Mecklenburg Co, VA. On Dec 10 it was
> found far out to the left of Palmer Point Day Use Area.
> Among the other birds present in the same area was a
> RED-THROATED LOON.
>
> An *AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN circled overhead of Hooper's Crab
> House in Ocean City, MD on Dec 9.
>
> A *BLACK-HEADED GULL was found and carefully studied at the
> Prince William Co, VA Landfill on Dec 9. It was not relocated
> on the 10th.
> Other birds present at the landfill during the visit on the
> 9th included a GOLDEN EAGLE, a first winter ICELAND GULL,
> also seen on the 10th, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and a RAVEN.
>
> The BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit a feeder in
> Harper's Ferry, WV with the most recent report on Dec 8.
>
> Cooperative homeowners continue to welcome birders wishing to
> see RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS at two area locations. A hatch-year
> female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD is frequenting a yard in Vienna,
> Fairfax Co. Check a feeder on the left side of the house at
> 110 Kingsley Rd SW and please stay on the sidewalk or street.
>
> A second-year female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Bethel Rd in
> Frederick Co, MD continues at the location where it was
> banded last year; the feeder is in front of the picture
> window at the front of the house. From Rte 15, take Rosemont
> Ave west about 4.5 miles; the name eventually changes to
> Yellow Springs Rd. Turn right at the stop sign onto Bethel Rd
> and go .5 mile to 9213, a small house on the right at the
> corner of Bethel Rd and Ford Rd. Park at 9213 and walk next
> door to view the hummingbird at 9211 Bethel Rd; the homeowner
> owns both properties. Do not attempt to park on the road as
> it is very dangerous. As always, please respect privacy and
> be courteous.
>
> An immature HARRIS' SPARROW was seen Dec 6 while walking
> along the shoulder of Rte 9 at the Woodland Beach Wildlife
> Area in Kent Co, DE.
>
> Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were reported on Little
> Seneca Lake at Black Hill Regional Park, Montgomery Co, MD on
> Dec 5 and 10. On the 10th they were observed near the boat
> ramp past the causeway off the side road inside the park.
>
> A single ROSS'S GOOSE, in a large flock of SNOW GEESE, flew
> over a yard in western Kent Co, MD on Dec 7.
>
> CACKLING GEESE were reported from several different locations
> including one at Kershner's Pond, Frederick Co, MD, on Dec 5,
> 8 and 10; one on Dec 9 at Triadelphia Reservoir,
> Howard/Montgomery Co, MD;
> and 5 on Dec 11 at Westminster Reservoir, Carroll, Co, MD. Two
> CACKLING GEESE were found with hundreds of other geese Dec 10
> at the Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority, off of Compton Rd,
> Fairfax Co, VA. On Dec 5 four CACKLING GEESE and a GREATER
> SCAUP were among 10 species of waterfowl on a farm pond on
> Study Rd, Carroll Co, MD (DeLorme map 73B6). The waterfowl at
> Centennial Lake, Howard Co, MD, included 1 CACKLING GOOSE on Dec
11.
>
> A EURASIAN WIGEON was found in King William Co, VA on Dec 6
> during a birding trip up the Pamunkey River. On the same day
> a EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on the pond at Ramp Lane on the
> Eastern Shore of VA NWR, Northampton Co, VA. The EURASIAN
> WIGEON at the Eagles Nest Golf Course in Worcester Co, MD
> continues to be seen with a sighting on Dec 9.
>
> REDHEADS were reported from several locations this past week.
> There was one on Kershner's Pond on Dec 5. On Dec 9 there
> was one REDHEAD among many other waterfowl, including a blue
> morph SNOW GOOSE, at the Perryville Community Park, Cecil Co,
> MD. Eight REDHEADS were seen on Belmont Bay the morning of
> the 9th at Mason Neck SP, Fairfax Co, VA.
>
> A drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen from Sea Gull Pier island on
> the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Northampton Co, VA the
> afternoon of Dec.
> 7.
>
> On Dec 10 a RUFFED GROUSE was flushed on the upper North
> Ridge Trail at Sky Meadows SP, Fauquier Co, VA.
>
> RED-THROATED LOONS continued to be seen at several locations,
> including one off of Cobb Island, Charles Co, MD on Dec 10
> and one at Piney Run Park, Carroll Co, MD on the same day.
>
> An AMERICAN BITTERN was in one of the ponds in the marina
> development in Cape Charles, Northampton Co, VA on Dec 6.
>
> Four GOLDEN EAGLES were found on Dec 9 during a trip to
> Highland Co, VA off of SR 644 and SR 643.
>
> While walking along Mill Race Rd Dec 6, two SANDHILL CRANES
> were seen in Anne Arundel Co, MD circling over a wetland and
> then flying towards the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
>
> A young ICELAND GULL was found mixed in with a large flock of
> gulls at North East Town Park, Cecil Co, MD on Dec 11. What
> appears to be a different ICELAND GULL was at the park on Dec
> 12 along with 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
>
> Four SHORT-EARED OWLS were observed soaring over the field in
> Rectortown, northern Fauquier Co, VA, on Dec 9.
>
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were reported on Dec 10 from Hughes
> Hollow, Montgomery Co, MD and Sky Meadows SP.
>
> A few warblers continued to linger in the area with reports
> of an OVENBIRD walking around the Mary Ripley Garden, on the
> Mall between the Hirshhorn and the Arts and Industries
> Museum, DC on both Dec 6 and 12. There was also a
> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in a Virginia Beach back yard on Dec 8 &
9.
>
> A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found in a large flock of
> blackbirds along Egypt Road, Dorchester Co, MD.
>
> There were 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens,
> NE DC on Dec 10 and one at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA on the
> same day.
>
> 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 for 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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