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FW: DC Area, 6/12/07

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Norm Saunders

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Norm Saunders

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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:47:31 -0400

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:29 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 6/12/07
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist 
> Date:               6/12/2007 
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE 
> Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1 
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> Sponsor:            Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central 
>                       Atlantic States (independent of NAS!) 
> Transcriber:        Steve Cordle () 
> 
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> user of the Voice (Individual $40; Family $50; Nature Steward 
> $75; Audubon Advocate $150). The membership number is 
> 301-652-9188 option 12, the address is 8940 Jones Mill Road, 
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> 
> This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon 
> Naturalist Society. This report was completed at 1 pm. on 
> Tuesday, June 12. 
> 
> Top birds this week are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD* in VA and 
> WESTERN KINGBIRD in MD. 
> 
> Other birds of interest include lingering ducks, warblers, 
> and sparrows, WILD TURKEY, COMMON LOON, WHITE IBIS, 
> MISSISSIPPI KITE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 
> PEREGRINE FALCON, PIPING PLOVER, GLAUCOUS GULL, GULL-BILLED 
> TERN, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, CERULEAN 
> WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW*, SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, 
> ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and BOBOLINK. 
> 
>  A juvenile MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD* was seen over Back Bay, 
> Virginia Beach, VA on June 5. 
> 
> A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found along Elliott Island Road, 
> Dorchester Co, MD on June 6.
>  
> A pair of BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS* were spotted at 
> Pinewood Lake in Alexandria, VA on June 5 and 6. There were 
> several reports of lingering ducks this week. A CANVASBACK 
> was at the head of Bush River in Harford Co, MD on June 10, a 
> RING-NECKED DUCK was on Wilde Lake in Columbia, Howard Co, MD 
> on June 6, two COMMON GOLDENEYES were spotted in the Potomac 
> River near Conn Island, Montgomery Co, MD on June 5 and June 
> 10, and a RUDDY DUCK was seen from Aberdeen Proving Ground, 
> Harford Co, MD on June 8.
> 
> A young WILD TURKEY was found at Poplar Point on the 
> Anacostia River in Washington, DC on June 9.
> 
> Two COMMON LOONS were at Claytor Lake State Park in Radford 
> Co, VA on June 8.
> 
> An unusually large flock of 14 WHITE IBIS flew by Indian 
> River Inlet, Sussex Co, DE on June 5.
>   
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were spotted in two locations in Fairfax 
> Co, VA. A pair was seen at the Sandburg Middle School on Ft 
> Hunt Road on June 11; a single bird was there on June 8. 
> Another single bird flew over Waynewood on June 6. A NORTHERN 
> GOSHAWK flew near the intersection of Nicodemus Road and 
> Medford Road in Carroll Co, MD on June 9. A juvenile 
> BROAD-WINGED HAWK posed obligingly on Greens Corner Road, 
> Culpeper Co, VA on June 10.
>   
> A PEREGRINE FALCON continues in the Bailey Crossroads area, 
> Fairfax Co, VA. 
> 
> The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, Sussex Co, DE had 4 
> PIPING PLOVERS and a first summer GLAUCOUS GULL on June 6. 
> Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Accomack Co, VA had 3 
> PIPING PLOVERS and a GULL-BILLED TERN on June 9.
> 
> The first documented sighting of WILLOW FLYCATCHER in 
> Buckingham Co, VA was reported from James River State Park on June
7.
> 
> A late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was in Isaac Crossman Park, Falls 
> Church, VA on June 5.
> 
> Multiple CERULEAN WARBLERS are reported from Thompson 
> Wildlife Mgt Area, Fauquier Co, VA. Sightings of late 
> migrating warblers include BLACKBURNIAN in Great Falls, VA on 
> June 10, BLACKPOLL near Fort Smallwood, Anne Arundel Co, MD 
> on June 5 and in Charlottesville, VA on June 10, and MOURNING 
> in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC on June 7. 
> 
> HENSLOW'S SPARROWS* were reported from Pea Ridge, Garret Co, 
> MD and Rt. 601 in Highland Co, VA. A SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED 
> SPARROW was found along Elliott Island Rd on June 6. Late 
> WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were in Columbia, Howard Co, MD on 
> June 9 and a white morph WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was on the 
> corner of Canning House Road and Mitchell Drive, Harford Co, 
> MD on June 10. 
> 
> A lingering ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was at Pickering Creek 
> Audubon Center, Talbot Co, MD on June 6.
> 
> A DICKCISSEL continued to sing on Antietam National 
> Battlefield near the corner of Dunker Church Road and 
> Mansfield Avenue. It was seen on June 5 and June 8. Nine 
> DICKCISSELS were found along Blackjack Road south of 
> Stevensburg, Culpeper Co, VA on June 10.  
>  
> Three BOBOLINKS sang and displayed in the fields near 
> Waterford Downs, Loudoun Co, VA on June 10.
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the 
> MDOsprey, VA-Bird, and DE Birding 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. 
> 
> To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to 
>  or call 301-652-1088 and select 
> menu option 2. Please post reports before 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.
>