> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:25 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 1/9/07
> 
> Hotline:           Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               1/9/2007
> 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 prepared Tuesday, January 
> 9, at 4:30 pm. 
> 
> Top birds this week are EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE* and TROPICAL 
> KINGBIRD* in MD.
> 
> Other birds of interest include geese, ducks, RED-NECKED 
> GREBE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, BROWN PELICAN, GOLDEN EAGLE, 
> falcons, KING RAIL, SANDHILL CRANE, gulls, RED-HEADED 
> WOODPECKER, warblers, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED 
> SPARROW and PURPLE FINCH. 
> 
> The EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen on January 2, 3 and 7 
> on Hooper's Island Road, Dorchester Co, MD.
> 
> The TROPICAL KINGBIRD* was seen sporadically in Somerset Co, 
> MD with sightings on January 2 and 3. The bird was on Reading 
> Ferry Rd approximately 0.5 mile north of Polks Rd (DeLorme 33,
C5).
> 
> Two ROSS'S GEESE were spotted west of Hurlock, Dorchester Co, 
> on January 2. The ponds at Hurlock held one CACKLING GOOSE on 
> January 2.
> The CACKLING GOOSE seen at Schoolhouse Pond, Prince George's 
> Co, MD was relocated there on January 3. Three CACKLING GEESE 
> were spotted on Presquile Road (west of Pickering Creek 
> Audubon Center), Talbot Co, MD on January 6.
> 
> A lone REDHEAD was noted from Oakley Street in Cambridge, 
> Dorchester Co, on January 7. Another REDHEAD was seen on 
> Belmont Bay, Fairfax Co, VA on the same day. A HARLQUIN DUCK 
> and a COMMON EIDER were spotted at the Ocean City Inlet, 
> Worcester Co, MD on January 2. A HARLQUIN DUCK and three 
> COMMON EIDERS were present there on January 6.
> 
> All three scoters (BLACK, SURF and WHITE-WINGED) along with 
> several hundred NORTHERN GANNETS were spotted from Tilghman 
> Island, Talbot Co, on January 4. BLACK and WHITE-WINGED 
> SCOTERS were present at Eastern Neck NWR, Kent Co, MD on January
7.
> 
> A RED-NECKED GREBE was located at the #1 bridge at Lock Raven 
> Reservoir, Baltimore Co, MD on January 7.
> 
> The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at Accotink Bay NWR, Fort Belvoir, 
> Fairfax Co, VA was seen on January 4. An AMERICAN WHITE 
> PELICAN which could be seen from Patuxent River Park (Jug 
> Bay), Prince George's Co, was observed again on January 6 and 
> 7. This bird should be visible from either the Prince 
> George's or the Anne Arundel side of the river.
> Varying numbers of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were spotted at 
> Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co, during the week. A BROWN 
> PELICAN was flying southward from Sandy Point SP, Anne 
> Arundel Co. MD on January 6.
> 
> A juvenile GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Blackwater NWR and the 
> end of Key Wallace Road on January 6.
> 
> A MERLIN was observed at Lake Roland, Baltimore Co, on January 4.
> Another MERLIN was seen at the National Arboretum, DC on 
> January 6. A PEREGRINE FALCON was observed flying over I-395 
> heading for Baltimore on January 6. Another PEREGRINE FALCON 
> was perched on a low branch stuck into the Hunting Creek 
> mudflats, Alexandria, VA on January 7.
> The PEREGRINE FALCON continues at the Crossroads area of 
> Falls Church, VA with a sighting from January 4.
>  
> Several very vocal KING RAILS were reported from Occoquan Bay 
> NWR, Prince William Co, VA on January 6.
> 
> SANDHILL CRANES were seen in flight on the Baltimore Co, side 
> of Little Gunpowder Falls State Park on January 6.
> 
> A LAUGHING GULL was noted at Schoolhouse Pond on January 3 
> and 8.  A LITTLE GULL was picked out of scores of BONAPARTE'S 
> GULLS at the Ocean City Inlet on January 6. Six LESSER 
> BLACK-BACKED GULLS put in an appearance at the Salisbury 
> Landfill, Wicomico Co, MD on January 2. A single LESSER 
> BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from the Belmont Bay marina on January
7.
> 
> A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains at Perryville Town Park, 
> Cecil Co, MD with a sighting on January 6.
> 
> A confusing ORANGE-CROWNED or immature NASHVILLE WARBLER was 
> sighted on January 7 at Hunting Creek, just south of the 
> bridge on the west side of the Parkway on January 7. An 
> OVENBIRD was spotted stalking through the plantings in the 
> Mary Ripley Garden, DC on January 4.
> 
> A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on Bulle Rock Parkway about 
> 0.5 miles from Rte 155, Harford Co, MD on January 7. A 
> WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was spotted at the Merkle Wildlife 
> Sanctuary, Prince George's Co, on January 7. Ten 
> WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were noted in the Lorton Area, Fairfax 
> Co, VA on January 7.
> 
> A flock of 15 PURPLE FINCHES was sighted on the South Haven 
> peninsula, Anne Arundel Co, on January 3.
> 
> 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 
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> source for this and many other nature-related titles.
> 
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> Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.
> 
> *Of interest to the record committee.
>