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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:49 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 10/02/07
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> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               10/02/2007
> 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 Tuesday, Oct 2, 
> at 4:30 p.m.
> 
> Birds of interest include WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, vultures, 
> raptors, SORA, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and other shorebirds, 
> SANDWICH TERN, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, woodpeckers, YELLOW-BELLIED 
> FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, COMMON RAVEN, nuthatches, 
> SEDGE WREN, thrushes, CONNECTICUT and other warblers, 
> CLAY-COLORED, LARK, LINCOLN'S, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 
> BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, and PURPLE FINCH.
> 
> A WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was spotted Sept 28 as it flew between
Islands
> #1 and #2 at the CBB/T, Northampton Co, VA. A SANDWICH TERN 
> was seen nearby, as it flew over the pulloff near Fisherman's
Island.
> 
> A backyard hawk watch in the Hamilton section of Baltimore 
> tallied 823 raptors, including 719 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, on Sept 30.
> 
> A quiet day raptor-wise at Harvey's Knob Hawk Watch, Roanoke, 
> VA on Sept 29 was enlivened when hunters chased a bear across 
> the Blue Ridge Parkway a couple of hundred yards south of the
site.
> 
> A SORA was in evidence Oct 1 at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax 
> Co, VA, and Sept 29 at Lilypons Water Gardens, Frederick Co, MD. 
> 
> Three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were found Sept 28 at the sod 
> farm on John Brown Rd, Queen Anne's Co, MD. Thirteen AMERICAN 
> GOLDEN-PLOVERS were found Sept 29 during the weekly trip to 
> Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD; among the 13 other 
> species of shorebird were 4 STILT SANDPIPERS and a WILSON'S 
> PHALAROPE. On Sept 25, Great Oaks Pond, Kent Co, MD, held 8 
> species of shorebird.
> 
> The WHIMBREL near Edgewater in Anne Arundel Co, MD was seen 
> again, north of Mayo Beach, on Sept 26.
> 
> On Sept 29, Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA, hosted a 
> WHIMBREL at Tom's Cove and 16 MARBLED GODWITS at Swan Cove. 
> 
> A SANDERLING was photographed at Triadelphia Reservoir, 
> Montgomery Co, MD, on Sept 29.
> 
> A handsome juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was found along 
> Chincoteague's Wildlife Loop Sept 29.
> 
> On Sept 29, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS shared the 
> impoundments along Broadkill Beach Rd, DE with a dozen 
> PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
> 
> On Sept 29, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found at Sky Meadows SP, 
> Fauquier Co, VA; it was in trees near the house at the 
> fishing pond. That same day, all 7 WOODPECKER species were 
> seen at Sky Meadows. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were also noted 
> at Hampton National Historical Site, Baltimore, on Sept 29, 
> and Hughes Hollow, Montgomery Co, Sept 30.
> 
> A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was banded at Kiptopeke SP, 
> Northampton Co, on Sept 25.
> 
> A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found at Great Falls NP, Fairfax Co, Sept
30.
> PHILADELPHIA VIREO was reported from Rock Creek Park, NW DC, 
> Sept 25 and Oct 1. On Sept 29, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO appeared 
> along the Woodland Trail at Chincoteague.  
> 
> A COMMON RAVEN was noted at Soldier's Delight NA, Baltimore 
> Co, on Sept 29. That same day a COMMON RAVEN was found at 
> Riley's Lock, Seneca, Montgomery Co--along with the scores of 
> VULTURES that seem to have taken up residence there.
> 
> On Sept 26, all 3 species of NUTHATCH--RED-BREASTED, 
> BROWN-HEADED, and WHITE-BREASTED--visited a yard in Botetourt 
> Co, VA. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES are plentiful.
> 
> A SEDGE WREN made an appearance on the upper Northern Neck of 
> VA; it was discovered Sept 30 at Mulberry Island, a private 
> hunting reserve in Richmond Co. 
> 
> Thrushes continued to migrate through. 
> 
> Sept 29 and 30 brought cool winds and an influx of migrants. On
Sept
> 29 Assateague Island NS/Bayside, Worcester Co, MD, witnessed 
> a major fallout; among 15 species of warbler were 156 CAPE 
> MAYS and 41 BLACK-THROATED BLUES. At Sunset Beach, near 
> Kiptopeke SP, the fallout brought 11 warbler species, 
> including ORANGE-CROWNED, CONNECTICUT, and WILSON'S WARBLERS.
> 
> GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was 1 of 10 warbler species found on 
> Sept 30 at Bear Mountain Farm, Monterey, VA; GOLDEN-WINGED 
> WARBLER was also found at Beaverdam Park in Gloucester, VA, 
> Sept 28. On Sept 28 a male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited the 
> backyard stream at Compton Mt in Buchanan Co, VA.
> 
> On Sept 29, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER showed up at Turkey Point 
> in Elk Neck SP, Cecil Co, MD, and also at Blairs Valley, 
> Indian Springs WMA, north of Clear Spring, Washington Co, MD. 
> 
> This was prime time for CONNECTICUT WARBLERS. Reports came 
> from Rock Creek Park Sept 25--where one was seen at the 
> maintenance yard and another at the dog run--and another at 
> the maintenance yard Sept 29.
> In Garrett Co, MD, the Youghiogheny Reservoir held 
> CONNECTICUT WARBLER on Sept 27 and again Sept 29. On Sept 30, 
> a CONNECTICUT WARBLER visited the stream at Monticello Park, 
> Alexandria, VA, and a first-year male CONNECTICUT appeared in 
> the northeast corner of Wakefield Park, Fairfax Co. That same 
> day, a CONNECTICUT WARBLER showed up at Mulberry Island. On 
> Sept 29 the banding station at Kiptopeke netted and banded a 
> CONNECTICUT. 
> 
> A first Fall female MOURNING WARBLER was found Sept 2t at 
> Daingerfield Island, south of Four Mile Run in Alexandria. 
> Two MOURNING WARBLERS were seen Sept 30 at Julie Metz 
> Wetlands Bank in Woodbridge, Prince William Co, VA. 
> 
> CLAY-COLORED SPARROW dropped by a yard in Norfolk, VA, Oct 2, 
> and a yard in Lewes, DE, Sept 27. An adult LARK SPARROW was 
> seen Sept 29 near the Visitor Center at Chincoteague's Tom's Cove.
> 
> Reports of LINCOLN'S SPARROWS came from Rock Creek Park Sept 
> 25 and Lilypons Sept 29. Three or four LINCOLN'S SPARROWS 
> were found at Prime Hook NWR, DE, Sept 29. On Sept 30, a 
> LINCOLN'S SPARROW and an early WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were 
> found at Hughes Hollow. That same day half a dozen LINCOLN'S 
> SPARROWS were observed at North Branch, Allegany Co, MD, and 
> one was found along Brown's Quarry Rd in northeastern Frederick
Co. 
> 
> A BREWER'S BLACKBIRD was spotted Sept 29 in a huge flock of 
> grackles and blackbirds in northwestern Carroll Co, MD.
> 
> A small flock of female/immature PURPLE FINCHES was seen Sept 
> 28 at Little Bennett RP, Montgomery Co.
> 
> The hawk watch at Snicker's Gap, on the Clarke/Loudoun Co 
> (VA) line, is looking for volunteers to help monitor hawk 
> migration, September-November. For information, call 
> 703-734-1238. The Turkey Gap Hawk Watch in Cecil Co, MD is 
> also looking for volunteers; for information, email 
> 
> 
> See Life Paulagics has scheduled a trip on Saturday, October 
> 20 out of Lewes, DE. For more info, contact 
> 
> 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.
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