> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:39 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 1/23/07
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               1/23/2007
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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 
> 23, at 3:30 pm. 
> 
> Top birds this week are WOOD STORK* in VA and MISSISSIPPI KITE in
WV.
> 
> Other birds of interest include geese, ducks, RING-NECKED 
> PHEASANT, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN BITTERN, 
> TRI-COLORED HERON, falcons, PURPLE SANDPIPERS, LESSER 
> BLACK-BACKED GULL,  RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, 
> NASHVILLE WARBLER, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, sparrows, 
> RUSTY BLACKBIRD and PURPLE FINCH. 
> 
> A WOOD STORK was spotted at First Landing SP, Virginia Beach, 
> VA on January 19. The bird was seen again on January 20 and 23.
> 
> A MISSISSIPPI KITE has been seen for six weeks in a area 
> north of Romney, WV which is about 1 hour's drive west of 
> Winchester, VA.  The bird has been surviving by hunting for birds.
> 
> A ROSS'S GOOSE was located along Parkgate Drive, near 
> Nokesville, Prince William Co, VA on January 17. The bird was 
> re-found on January
> 19 and again on January 20 at a slightly different location 
> and with a CACKLING GOOSE. A ROSS'S GOOSE appeared again at 
> Merkle WMA, Prince George's Co, MD with a sighting from 
> January 21. A CACKLING GOOSE was in the water at Hunting 
> Creek, Fairfax Co, VA on January 21.  
> 
> The EURASIAN WIGEON at the Eagle's Nest Golf Course pond, 
> Worcester Co, MD was seen again on January 18 and 20. A 
> EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL (COMMON TEAL) was spotted at Great 
> Oak Landing Pond, Kent Co, MD on January 16 and again on January
18.
> 
> A lone RING-NECKED PHEASANT was noted on the right side of 
> Rte 213 N in Cecil County, MD on January 21.
> 
> Twenty five to twenty nine AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were 
> spotted at Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co, on January 20.
> 
> An AMERICAN BITTERN and two TRICOLORED HERONS were seen at 
> Indian River Inlet, DE on January 21.
> 
> A MERLIN was seen flying over the golf course at Belle Haven, 
> Alexandria, VA on January 17. A PEREGRINE FALCON was observed 
> buzzing pigeons and doves over Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 
> on January 21. A PEREGRINE FALCON continues to be seen from 
> an office complex at Baileys Crossroads area of Falls Church, 
> Fairfax Co, VA.
> 
> Two PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen on Upper Hooper Island, 
> Dorchester Co, MD on January 17.
> 
> The Ocean Pines pond, Worcester Co, MD held one LESSER 
> BLACK-BACKED GULL on January 20 while another was seen at the 
> Ocean City flats on the same day.
>   
> A first winter RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sky Meadows 
> SP, Fauquier Co, VA on January 21.  
> 
> A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was perched in a tree at the start of the 
> Bridle Trail at Sky Meadows on January 21.
> 
> A female NASHVILLE WARBLER was at a nut feeder in an 
> Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, MD yard on January 18. The 
> OVENBIRD continues at the Ripley Garden, DC with a sighting 
> from January 20. COMMON YELLOWTHROATS were sighted at 
> Wakefield Park, Fairfax Co, VA and Occoquan Bay NWR on January 21.
> 
> On January 21, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were noted at Dyke 
> Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA, Milltown Landing, Prince George's Co, 
> MD, Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA and Occoquan Bay 
> NWR, Prince William Co, VA.  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 18, 20 
> and 21. Several LAPLAND LONGSPURS and one SNOW BUNTING were 
> located in a large mixed flock on January 21. Mason Branch 
> Road bisects this area and is a good location to start 
> searching for the flock.
> 
> RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen at Merkle WMA and Occoquan Bay NWR 
> on January 21. A small flock of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was spotted 
> in fields near Bluemont, VA on January 22.
> 
> A lovely male PURPLE FINCH put in an appearance at a feeder 
> in Elkton, Cecil Co, MD on January 16.
> 
> 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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> www.audubonnaturalist.org/cgi-bin/mesh/store) is an excellent 
> 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.
>