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[Fwd: DC Area, 6/26/07]

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Norm Saunders

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:26:48 -0500

>From: Steve Cordle <>
>Date: 2007/06/26 Tue PM 04:17:42 CDT
>To: 
>Subject: DC Area, 6/26/07

>Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
>Date:               6/26/2007
>Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
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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 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
>June 26. 
>
>Top birds this week are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK* in MD,
>WHITE-FACED IBIS* in MD, and SANDHILL CRANE* in VA.
>
>Other birds of interest this past week include NORTHERN BOBWHITE,
>LEAST BITTERN, MISSISSIPPI KITE and other hawks, KING RAIL, PIPING
>PLOVER, gulls and terns, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, ALDER FLYCATCHER,
>LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BROWN CREEPER, VEERY, warblers, HENSLOW'S SPARROW,
>DARK-EYED JUNCO, and DICKCISSEL.
>
>Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS* were found in a water-retention
>pond in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel Co, MD on June 25. They flew away a
>little before 9:00 p.m. that evening and have not been seen since
>then. 
>
>A WHITE-FACED IBIS* was seen at the West Ocean City Pond, MD on June
>22 and 23. 
>
>A SANDHILL CRANE* was seen and photographed feeding in a farm field on
>June 22 in Buchanan Co, VA in the southwestern corner of the state.
>
>NORTHERN BOBWHITES were reported from several locations this past week
>including a yard in Queenstown, Queen Annes Co, MD, during a bird walk
>at New Quarter Park near Williamsburg, VA, and in a park in western
>Fairfax Co, VA. 
>
>LEAST BITTERNS were also reported from a number of locations. One was
>found at Lilypons, Frederick Co, MD on June 21, 22, and the 23rd. Two
>LEAST BITTERNS were also seen June 23 chasing each other over the
>marsh at Neabsco Creek, just west of the entrance to Leesylvania SP,
>Prince William Co, VA. LEAST BITTERNS were also the highlight of the
>regular weekly Dyke Marsh bird walk on June 24.
>
>MISSISSIPPI KITES were again seen flying over the Stratford Landing
>neighborhood in Fairfax Co, VA with one on June 20 and two on June 21.
>
>Two NORTHERN HARRIERS, a highly unusual find this time of year, were
>found in a park in western Fairfax Co on June 23. Also unusual at this
>time of year was a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK in Talbot Co, MD on June 20.
>
>A KING RAIL was observed at Lilypons, Frederick Co, MD on June 21, 22,
>and the 23rd.
>
>A PIPING PLOVER was seen on a nest at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co,
>VA on June 22.
>
>A June 23 trip to Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD found 8 gull
>species, including, a first-summer FRANKLIN'S GULL, a first-summer
>LITTLE GULL, and a first-summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and 6
>species of terns, including, a GULL-BILLED TERN.
>
>RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at Sky Meadows SP, Fauquier Co, VA
>on June 19. A nest with adults feeding young was found at Hughes
>Hollow, Montgomery Co, MD on June 23.
>
>An ALDER FLYCATCHER was singing on Ballenger Creek Pike, about a
>hundred yards south of Mountville RD, and about 2 miles south of
>Adamstown in Frederick Co, MD on June 21. It was relocated on June 24.
>
>LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES continue to be seen along the Bridle Trail not far
>from the parking lot on the eastern side of Sky Meadows SP.
> 
>A BROWN CREEPER was seen and a VEERY heard at the Brookside Nature
>Center, adjacent to Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Montgomery Co, MD on
>June 22.
>
>Warblers, most nesting, continue to be reported throughout the area
>with five species at Occoquan NWR on June 23 and nine at the Blue
>Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in northwestern Loudoun Co,
>VA on the same day. However, one of the most unusual warbler sightings
>for this time of year was a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER at the Rock
>Creek Park Maintenance Yard in NW DC on June 23.
>
>HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were found on a trip to western MD over the weekend
>at Old Legislative Rd just south of Klondike Rd, near Frostburg in
>Garrett Co, MD.
>
>A DARK-EYED JUNCO was seen in a backyard in Baltimore Co, MD on June
>21.
>
>A DICKCISSEL was seen at the Univ. of MD Agricultural Farm on Wye
>Island, Queen Annes Co, MD on June 22 and again on June 23. A
>DICKCISSEL was also seen June 24 at the same location as the
>earlier-reported Alder Flycatcher on Ballenger Creek Pkwy, about a
>hundred yards south of Mountville RD, and about 2 miles south of
>Adamstown in Frederick Co, MD.
>
>Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOSPREY and
>VA-Bird 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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> or call 301-652-1088 and select menu
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>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