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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
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Subject: DC Area, 8/12/08 - corrected

Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist 
Date:               8/12/2008 - corrected
Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE 
Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1 
Reports (voice):    301-652-1088 option 2 
        (email):     
     (deadline):    midnight Mondays 
Compiler:           Lou DeMouy
Sponsor:            Audubon Naturalist Society of the 
                    Central Atlantic States (independent of NAS!) 
Transcriber:        Steve Cordle () 

Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular 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, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; and the web
site is http://www.AudubonNaturalist.org. 

This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon
Naturalist Society. This report was completed Tuesday, August 12, at
9:00 AM.

Top birds this week are MISSISSIPPI KITES in VA and BLACK-HEADED GULL
in MD.

Other birds of interest include ANHINGA, LEAST BITTERN, BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT HERON, WHITE IBIS, shorebirds, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE, SEDGE WREN, and warblers.

MISSISSIPPI KITES were reported on August 11 on a nest in the Fort
Hunt area of Alexandria, Fairfax County, VA, and also in flight close
to Braddock Road in the King's Park vicinity. Another MISSISSIPPI KITE
flew above Duncan Road in Dinwiddie County, VA on August 10.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL in non-breeding plumage has been reported on the
north side of Eagle Harbor at Trueman Point, south of Cedar River Park
on the Patuxent River in MD. Birders should note that Trueman Point is
private property. Searches for the bird should be by boat or scope
from a public land position such as Trueman Point Road. 

An ANHINGA was seen at Stumpy Lake, Virginia Beach, VA, and at Lake
Maury in Newport News, VA - both sightings were on August 9.

LEAST BITTERNS continue to be spotted with reports at the Oxbow Lake
Nature Preserve in Anne Arundel Co, MD, on August 6 and Lilypons,
Frederick Co, MD, on August 9.

A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen as a flyover on August 6 in
Hagerstown, MD and also resting in a tree in Hagerstown west of the
intersection of Centre Boulevard and Garland Groh Boulevard on August
10. Another was spotted at Kent Narrows, Queen Anne's Co, MD, on
August 11.

WHITE IBIS sightings occurred at Jug Bay from the Anne Arundel Co.,
MD, shore on August 6 and close to the intersection of Brown Station
Road and the Prince George's Co Landfill in MD on August 7.

Shorebird and wader reports for both migrants and residents came from
many locations this past week including Paper Mill Flats, Baltimore
Co, MD; Bombay Hook NWR, DE; Hart-Miller Island in Baltimore Co, MD;
Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD, and other spots. 

A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Taylor's Gut close to Woodland Beach
Wildlife Area, DE, and at Raymond Pool at Bombay Hook, DE, on August
8.

A molting BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was reported in the southeast corner of
Bear Swamp at Bombay Hook in the company of large numbers of STILT
SANDPIPERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS on August 6.

WILSON'S PHALAROPES were spotted at Raymond Pond at Bombay Hook on
August 6 and at Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD, on August 11.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD, on
August 11.

[CORRECTED] A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen on Faughts Road, which
borders Leonard's Pond, southeast of Harrisonburg, in Rockingham, Co,
VA on August 10.

A SEDGE WREN was heard at Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier Co, VA,
in the vicinity of Gap Run Trail/Boston Mill Road.

Warblers are migrating and starting to appear at widespread locations.
Reports come from many areas including a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
at Dyke Marsh Trail in Fairfax Co, VA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, and BLACK -THROATED GREEN WARBLER at New
Germany State Park, MD; AMERICAN REDSTART at Ferndale in Anne Arundel
Co, MD, and PINE WARBLER at Kent Narrows, MD.

Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOsprey,
VA-Bird, and DE-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. 

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 records committee.