> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:30 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 1/16/07
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               1/16/2007
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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 
> 16, at 2:30 pm. 
> 
> Top birds this week are WESTERN GREBE* and EURASIAN 
> COLLARED-DOVE* in MD.
> 
> Other birds of interest include geese, ducks, RED-THROATED 
> LOON, MANX SHEARWATER, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, NORTHERN 
> GOSHAWK, falcons, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, gulls, RED-HEADED 
> WOODPECKER, OVENBIRD and CLAY-COLORED, VESPER and FOX SPARROWS. 
> 
> A WESTERN GREBE was spotted in Maryland waters at the George 
> Washington Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland Co, VA 
> on January 14. The observer followed the road past the Burial 
> Grounds to the Potomac and scanned the water from the beach. 
> The bird could not be relocated on January 15.
> 
> One EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen on January 14 on Hooper's 
> Island Road, Dorchester Co, MD. Both doves were seen on January
15.
> 
> A sleeping GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at Great Oak 
> Landing pond, Kent Co, MD on January 16. A CACKLING GOOSE was 
> noted at the Blue Mash Nature Trail, Montgomery Co, MD on 
> January 11. Another CACKLING GOOSE was seen off the Dyke 
> Marsh picnic area, Fairfax Co, VA on January 13 and another 
> was found on Montressor Road, Loudoun Co, VA on January 14. A 
> huge flock of TUNDRA SWANS, SNOW GEESE and at least one 
> ROSS'S GOOSE are in a field bordered by Gravel Branch, 
> Bobtown and Payne Roads near Preston in northern Dorchester 
> Co, MD, with sightings from January 13 and 14. A ROSS'S GOOSE 
> flushed from Great Oak Landing pond was relocated in a field 
> off Fish Hatchery Road on January 16.
> 
> A drake REDHEAD was picked out of a mass of other ducks at 
> the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (Horsehead), Queen 
> Anne's Co, MD on January 13. COMMON EIDERS were present at 
> the Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD on January 13. A 
> HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen at the CBBT, Island 1, Northampton 
> Co, VA on January 13. 
> 
> RED-THROATED LOONS were spotted at both the CBBT and Willis 
> Wharf, Northampton Co on January 13. Another RED-THROATED 
> LOON was seen at Hains Point, DC on January 14.
> 
> A MANX SHEARWATER flew through the channel and into the Bay 
> from the CBBT, Thimble Island on January 14.
> 
> The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN which was seen from the Patuxent 
> River Park (Jug Bay), Prince George's Co, was observed again 
> at the Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary on January 12 and at Jug 
> Bay, flying down the Patuxent on January 13. Varied numbers 
> of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were spotted at Blackwater NWR, 
> Dorchester Co, on January 14 and 15.
> 
> A hatch year NORTHERN GOSHAWK was observed at the East Falls 
> Church Metro stop in Arlington, VA on January 9.
> 
> A MERLIN has been spotted multiple times overlooking feeders 
> in a yard in Ellicott City, Howard Co, MD. On January 10, a 
> PEREGRINE FALCON was perched on top of the office tower at 
> 200 Saint Paul Place in downtown Baltimore, MD. The PEREGRINE 
> FALCON pair was perched on a snag seen from the American 
> Legion Bridge over the Potomac on January 12. A PEREGRINE 
> FALCON has been seen continuously during the past week from 
> an office complex at Baileys Crossroads area of Falls Church, 
> Fairfax Co, VA.
> 
> Three AMERICAN WOODCOCKS displayed for about 10 minutes early 
> in the morning at Crenshaw Road near Rectortown, Fauquier Co, 
> VA on January 14.
> 
> Two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (one adult and one sub-adult) 
> plus an ICELAND GULL were at the North East Town Park, Cecil 
> Co, MD on January 11. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at 
> Skimmer Island, Ocean City and the Salisbury Landfill, 
> Wicomico Co, MD on January 13. An ICELAND GULL was seen in 
> the ball field next to the Prince William Co Landfill, VA on 
> January 15.
> 
> Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen and photographed at Sky 
> Meadows SP, Fauquier Co, VA on January 14. Four, maybe five 
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at McKee-Beshers WMA, 
> Montgomery Co, MD on January 14.
> 
> A noisy group of BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was noted at the 
> Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center on January 13.
> 
> The OVENBIRD continues at the Ripley Garden, DC with a 
> sighting from January 13.
> 
> The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continues to be seen on Bulle Rock 
> Parkway about 0.5 miles from Rte 155, Harford Co, MD with 
> reports from January 14, 15 and 16.  Four VESPER SPARROWS 
> appeared on Oak Grove Road, Caroline Co, MD on January 14. A 
> FOX SPARROW was seen at Loch Raven, Baltimore Co, MD on 
> January 11. Two FOX SPARROWS were seen on the January 14 Dyke 
> Marsh Walk.  
> 
> 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. 
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> source for this and many other nature-related titles.
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> 
> *Of interest to the record committee.
>