>From: Steve Cordle <>
>Date: 2007/03/27 Tue PM 04:46:38 CDT
>To: 
>Subject: DC Area, 3/27/07

>Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
>Date:               3/27/2007
>Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
>Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1
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>Compiler:           Joe Coleman
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>                      Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
>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 at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
>March 27.
>
>Birds of interest this week include ducks, NORTHERN BOBWHITE,
>RED-NECKED GREBE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN BITTERN,
>YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, GLOSSY IBIS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN
>EAGLE, falcons, COMMON MOORHEN, PIPING PLOVER, LITTLE GULL, LESSER
>BLACK-BACKED GULL, terns, NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE,
>BLUE-HEADED VIREO, warblers, VESPER SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, RUSTY
>BLACKBIRD, and PURPLE FINCH.
>
>A flock of 16 GREATER SCAUP and 10 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen March
>24 at Greenbrier, Washington Co, MD. Other LONG-TAILED DUCK sightings
>the same day included 13 from the boardwalk at the Kenilworth Aquatic
>Gardens, NE DC, and 18 on Beaverdam Reservoir, Loudoun Co, VA.
>
>On March 24, 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen near the mouth of the
>Anacostia River, SE DC.
>
>A single NORTHERN BOBWHITE was observed during a birding trip in Queen
>Anne's Co, MD on March 24.
>
>RED-NECKED GREBES were seen in a number of locations.  The sightings
>included one at MacMillan Reservoir, NW DC on the 21st and another
>seen from the marina platform at Belmont Bay, Prince Wm Co, VA, on
>March 24.  There were also four seen at Occoquan Bay NWR on March 24
>and four at Burke Lake Park, Fairfax Co, VA on March 25.  On March 26
>a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen, for the second week in a row, on the
>Potomac River just south of the Riverbend Park Visitors Center,
>Fairfax Co, VA.
>
>Ten AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were again observed at Blackwater NWR,
>Dorchester Co, MD, this time on March 24.
>
>An AMERICAN BITTERN was sighted at Back Bay NWR, Virginia Beach, VA,
>on March 22. On March 24 there was one along Beach Dr in Montgomery
>Co, MD and on March 26, two AMERICAN BITTERNS were seen during the
>regular weekly walk at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA.
>
>The YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS have returned to their roost sites
>along Sligo Creek Parkway in Silver Spring, Montgomery Co, MD with a
>report of 4 birds on March 22.
>
>A GLOSSY IBIS was seen March 23 from the road at Swan Harbor Farms in
>Harford Co, MD.
>
>A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen March 24 along Reservoir Rd, Loudoun Co,
>VA.
>
>Two GOLDEN EAGLES, one a sub-adult, were seen from the Dan's Rock
>overlook, Allegany Co, MD on March 25.
>
>MERLINS continue to be sighted in the area with reports on March 20 of
>two on Lake Roland, Baltimore Co, MD, on March 21 of one racing up
>Rhode Island Ave in NW Wash, DC, and on March 23 there was one in
>Falls Church, VA.
>
>Several PEREGRINE FALCONS were observed last week with sightings in
>the Swoope area of Augusta Co, VA on March 20 and another in
>Randallstown, Baltimore Co, MD on March 22. 
>
>The COMMON MOORHEN was again seen during the Fort Smallwood Park hawk
>watch, Anne Arundel Co, MD on March 26.
>
>A survey of the beach at Back Bay NWR on March 22 found 7 PIPING
>PLOVERS.
>
>A LITTLE GULL was see and photographed on the Potomac River between
>Violette's Lock and Seneca in Montgomery Co, MD on March 24.  On March
>26 a LITTLE GULL was located on Back River behind Royal Farms in
>Baltimore Co, MD.
>
>A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was observed March 24 from Hains Point, SW
>DC.
>
>A CASPIAN TERN was reported from Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA on both
>March 24 and March 25. There was also one at Roaches Run, Arlington
>Co, VA on March 24 and another at Centennial Park, Howard Co, MD on
>March 26.
>
>Two FORSTER'S TERNS were seen at Neabsco Creek and Julie Metz, Prince
>William Co, VA on March 24.  
>
>The call of a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL in Highland Co, VA, kept a birder
>awake the night of March 20.
>
>The LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE in the Swoope area of Augusta Co, VA was seen
>again on March 20. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was seen in its usual location
>at Sky Meadows SP, Fauquier Co, VA on March 24 and March 25. Two
>LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES were found in the same area in Clarke Co, VA on
>March 25.
>
>A first-of-the-year BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen in Howard Co, MD on
>March 23.
>
>There were several sightings of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS throughout
>the area this past week.
>
>A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was reported from the Great Dismal Swamp,
>Suffolk Co, VA on March 21.
>
>Two VESPER SPARROWS were seen March 23 at Bles Park, Loudoun Co, VA;
>VESPER SPARROWS were also found at Sky Meadows SP on March 24 and 25.
>
>An EASTERN MEADOWLARK that was first heard and then seen at National
>Airport from Gravelly Point, Arlington Co, VA on March 23 and 24 is a
>highly unusual sighting for that area. 
>
>RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen throughout the area this past week with as
>many as 300 in the Great Dismal Swamp on the 21st, and as few as four
>along the C&O Canal upstream from the Pennyfield Lock, Montgomery Co,
>MD on the 25th.
>
>On March 25 a single PURPLE FINCH visited a yard in Columbia, MD.
>Another PURPLE FINCH was seen in a yard in Orange Co, VA on March 26.
>
>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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>midnight Monday, identify the county as well as state, and include
>your name and a Tuesday morning contact, either e-mail or phone. 
>
>Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.
>
>*Of interest to the record committee.


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Norm Saunders
Cambridge & West Ocean City, MD