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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:07 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 8/21/07
> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               8/21/2007
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
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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 completed Tuesday, August 
> 21, at noon.
> 
> Shorebirds dominated this week's reports.
> 
> Other birds of interest include GREAT CORMORANT, TRICOLORED 
> HERON, WHITE IBIS, GULL-BILLED and BLACK TERNS, EURASIAN 
> COLLARED-DOVE, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, hummingbird, OLIVE-SIDED 
> FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, SEDGE 
> WREN, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, and SALT-MARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW.
> 
> The weekly bird census at Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, on
August
> 18 yielded 19 species of shorebird, including 10 WHITE-RUMPED 
> SANDPIPERS and 1 BAIRD'S. That same day several WHITE-RUMPED 
> SANDPIPERS were present in the north impoundment at Ted 
> Harvey Conservation Area, DE, while the southern impoundment 
> held 2 distant MARBLED GODWITS; later a close-in juvenile 
> MARBLED GODWIT appeared briefly at Bear Swamp, Bombay Hook 
> NWR, DE. Two WHITE-RUMPS were found at Taylor's Gut (along 
> Rte 9 north of Bombay Hook), and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS 
> lurked in the vegetation of the southern impoundment on 
> Broadkill Rd (Rte 16), DE. 
> 
> An UPLAND SANDPIPER was spotted in King William Co, VA, Aug 
> 18; it was at a sod farm along Horse Landing Rd, not far from 
> the county courthouse. (Be wary of speeding cars, and please 
> do not walk on this private property or park on their grass.) 
> Hog Island WMA, Surry Co, VA, hosted both HUDSONIAN and 
> MARBLED GODWITS, plus 13 additional species--and at fairly 
> close range--on Aug 18. On Aug 19, a STILT SANDPIPER paid a 
> surprise visit to the "Big Pond" at Blue Mash Nature Trail, 
> Montgomery Co, MD. On Aug 15, highlights among 17 shorebird 
> species at Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA, were 2 WILSON'S
PHALAROPES.
> 
> A GREAT CORMORANT was reported Aug 18 from Ft Smallwood Park 
> in northern Anne Arundel Co, MD. This bird, seen at fairly 
> close range, was described as a second-year immature.
> 
> An adult TRICOLORED HERON was present at Ft Smallwood Park on 
> Aug 14, 18, and 19.
> 
> An immature WHITE IBIS was discovered Aug 17 at Lost Lake in 
> the Glen Arney section of Patapsco Valley SP, Baltimore Co. 
> It was seen there again Aug 18 and 19, typically in the early 
> morning and evening. At other times the ibis was spotted from 
> the bridge on Gun Rd. (To get to the park from Howard Co, 
> follow Rte 1 through Elkridge and into Baltimore Co, and turn 
> left onto South St; park entrance is on the left. [DeLorme 58 
> C1]. In the park, turn right at the T intersection and follow 
> around to the small pond.) 
> 
> Two or three GULL-BILLED TERNS were hawking insects across 
> from Bombay Hook's Shearness Pool on Aug 18. BLACK TERNS were 
> observed at several locations, including Hart-Miller Island 
> on Aug 18 and, on Aug 19, at Assateague Island, Worcester Co, 
> MD, and Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD.
> Three BLACK TERNS were seen Aug 18 along Fowler Beach Rd, DE, 
> and a probable BLACK TERN was noted at Ft Smallwood.
> 
> A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found Aug 19 at Blackwater NWR, 
> Dorchester Co, MD, at stop #10 on the wildlife drive. A 
> EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found Aug 14 on the lower Eastern 
> Shore of VA; it was on wires along Rte 600, south of Magotha Rd.
> 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are performing nightly at Gallows Rd and 
> Boone Blvd near Rte 7 in the Tyson's Corner area of Fairfax 
> Co, VA; the show begins when the lights come on at 9 PM. 
> 
> An all-white hummingbird visited a yard in Suffolk, VA, on Aug 18.
> 
> An Aug 19 traffic jam on Rte 66, some 3 miles east of 
> Marshall in Fauquier Co, VA, had its brighter side: an 
> OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER working from a roadside snag.
> Another roadside bonus was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, heard and 
> seen along Rte 9 north of Bombay Hook on Aug 18.
> 
> Six RED-HEADED NUTHATCHES were tallied at Turkey Point in Elk 
> Neck SP, Cecil Co, MD, Aug 18.
> 
> SEDGE WRENS were once again active along Cedar Creek Road in 
> southern Dorchester Co on August 19.
> 
> Migrating warblers are trickling through local haunts, 
> including Rock Creek Park, NW DC, and the National Arboretum, 
> NE DC. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER appeared at James River Park 
> in Richmond, VA, on Aug 18, and a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER 
> visited a yard on Compton Mt, Buchanan Co, VA, on Aug 21. 
> 
> SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were abundant along the DE 
> Bay Shore this weekend, with 15 reported at Bombay Hook alone. 
> 
> 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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> Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.
> 
> *Of interest to the record committee.
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