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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:43 AM
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> Subject: DC Area, 4/3/07
>
> Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
> Date: 4/3/2007
> Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
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> This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon
> Naturalist Society. This report was completed at 9:00 a.m. on
> Tuesday, April 3.
>
> Top birds this week are LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULL in MD,
> CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in MD, and PAINTED BUNTING* in MD.
>
> Other birds of interest include WHITE-WINGED SCOTER,
> RED-NECKED GREBE, EARED GREBE, NORTHERN GANNET, AMERICAN
> BITTERN, GREEN HERON, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, WHITE IBIS,
> AMERICAN KESTREL, MERLIN, SANDHILL CRANE, PIPING PLOVER,
> CASPIAN TERN, FORSTER'S TERN, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE,
> WHIP-POOR-WILL, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE*, NORTHERN SHRIKE, vireos,
> swallows, HOUSE WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY
> GNATCATCHER, warblers, VESPER SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and
> RED CROSSBILL.
>
> An adult alternate plumage BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen on
> April 1 in the Susquehanna River about one-quarter mile above
> the mill in Susquehanna State Park, Harford Co, MD. An adult
> LITTLE GULL was found on Back River, off Diamond Point Road,
> Baltimore Co, MD on March 28.
> Three adult Little Gulls were seen in the same location on March
31.
> Birders are cautioned not to trespass on the private property
> along this road. A faded first winter LITTLE GULL was also
> seen in the same area this week. Another adult LITTLE GULL
> was seen in the Chesapeake Bay from Holland Point, Anne
> Arundel Co, MD on April 1. An adult LITTLE GULL was spotted
> from Eastern Neck NWR, Kent Co, MD on April 1.
>
> An immature CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen on March 29 along
> Longneck Road near Point Lookout, St. Mary's Co, MD.
>
> A probable first-cycle male PAINTED BUNTING* was briefly seen
> at a feeder in Prince Georges Co, MD on March 31 and again on
> April 1 and April 2.
>
> A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen on the Potomac River, near
> Violette's Lock, Montgomery Co, MD on March 30.
>
> RED-NECKED GREBES were seen in a number of locations
> including Violette's Lock, March 28, Liberty Lake, Carroll
> Co, MD on March 29, Jug Bay, Patuxent River, Anne Arundel and
> Prince Georges Co MD on March 30, and Burke Lake, Fairfax Co,
> VA on March 31. EARED GREBE was reported from Jug Bay on
> March 30 and from North Beach, Calvert Co, MD on March 30.
>
> NORTHERN GANNETS were seen on the Patuxent River in Calvert and
St.
> Mary's Cos, MD on March 29. There were several other
> sightings throughout the Chesapeake Bay.
>
> An AMERICAN BITTERN was again sighted along Beach Dr near
> Kensington Pkwy in Montgomery Co, MD on March 30. Two
> AMERICAN BITTERNS were seen during the regular weekly walk at
> Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA on April 2, one was seen
> there on March 31. A GREEN HERON was found in the Dulles
> Greenway Wetlands, Loudoun Co, VA on March 31 and another was
> seen at Riley's Lock, C and O Canal, Montgomery Co, MD on April 2.
>
> A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was on Sycamore Landing Road,
> Montgomery Co, MD, on March 31. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS
> nest along Sligo Creek Parkway in Silver Spring, Montgomery
> Co, MD; look near Piney Branch Road and near Hayward Drive.
>
> Some 47 WHITE IBIS were seen in Back Bay NWR, Virginia Beach,
> VA on March 27.
>
> An AMERICAN KESTREL was seen on Columbia Road, Washington,
> DC, on March 28. MERLIN sightings include one along Paint
> Branch trail in College Park, Prince Georges Co, MD on March
> 28, one in Clarke Co, VA on March 31, and one in Patterson
> Park, Baltimore, MD on April 2.
>
> A SANDHILL CRANE has been reported flying near Occoquan Bay
> NWR, Prince William Co, VA.
>
> Two PIPING PLOVERS were found at the point in Cape Henlopen
> State Park, Sussex Co, DE on March 30.
>
> A CASPIAN TERN was seen in Patterson Park, Baltimore, MD on
> March 31 and April 2. FORSTER'S TERNS were spotted in Talbot
> Co, MD and Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE.
>
> EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen in McCoy, Montgomery Co, VA
> on April 1.
>
> WHIP-POOR-WILLS are calling in Albemarle Co, Chase City, and
> Buckingham Co, all in VA. Two WHIP-POOR-WILLS were found
> April 2 in the Patuxent Research Refuge, North Tract, Anne
> Arundel Co, MD.
>
> Two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES were found at Sky Meadows SP, Fauquier
> Co, VA on April 1. The NORTHERN SHRIKE continues on the
> headquarters road at Prime Hook NWR, Sussex Co, DE; it was
> seen on March 30. Another probable NORTHERN SHRIKE was found
> on March 28 along Boog Rd, Carroll Co, MD.
>
> WHITE-EYED VIREOS were back in the Great Dismal Swamp,
> Suffolk Co, VA and in the Julie Metz Wetlands, Prince William
> Co, VA. BLUE-HEADED VIREOS were seen in Buchanan Co, VA.
>
> NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was found at Liberty Lake,
> Carroll Co, MD on March 29. BANK SWALLOW was seen April 1 at
> the Chesapeake Farms, Kent Co, MD.
>
> A HOUSE WREN appeared at Huntley Meadows, Fairfax Co, VA on March
31.
>
> GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS migrating through and BLUE-GRAY
> GNATCATCHERS arriving into the area were reported in large
> numbers through the week.
>
> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were
> reported across the region. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS
> were seen in Buchanan Co, VA on March 31. A somewhat early
> YELLOW WARBLER was seen along Cockpit Rd, Prince William Co,
> VA on March 28. PALM WARBLERS were found in Oakton, Fairfax
> Co, VA on March 28 and in Huntley Meadows on March 31.
>
> Two VESPER SPARROWS were seen at Malvern Hill, Richmond
> National Battlefield Park, VA on March 27. A VESPER SPARROW
> was seen March 31 at Blandy Experimental Farm, Clarke Co, VA.
> Another VESPER SPARROW was found at the Avalon Tract of
> Patapsco Valley State Park, Howard Co, MD on April 2.
>
> RUSTY BLACKBIRDS are departing the region but were widely
> reported including Sycamore Landing Rd on March 27, Huntley
> Meadows on March 31 and April 2, Blandy Experimental Farm on
> March 31, and Dulles Greenway Wetlands on March 31.
>
> A pair of RED CROSSBILLS were feeding along Poverty Creek,
> Montgomery Co, VA on April 1.
>
> 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
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>
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> *Of interest to the record committee.
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