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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:38 AM
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Subject: DC Area, 3/1/11
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 03/01/2011
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
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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, March 1, at 8 AM.
Top birds this week are WOOD STORK* and LITTLE GULL in DE.
Other birds of interest include waterfowl, RED-NECKED GREBE, a shearwater,
OSPREY, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK,
gulls, alcids, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE*, SHORT-EARED OWL, ALLEN'S
HUMMINGBIRD*, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, SNOW BUNTING,
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and COMMON REDPOLL.
A WOOD STORK* flew over Harbeson, Sussex Co, DE on Feb 23; it may have been
the stork seen at Pt. Lookout in MD the previous week.
A LITTLE GULL was seen at Indian River Inlet, Sussex Co, DE on Feb 26 and
27.
Winter-weary birders actively reported signs of spring this week.
Early-returning OSPREY were spotted at the Choptank River, Caroline Co, MD;
in Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA; and in Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince
William Co, VA. Occoquan Bay also hosted a TREE SWALLOW.
AMERICAN WOODCOCK displayed across the region; particularly notable near the
metro area were Huntley Meadows Park in VA and the Sycamore Landing Road
area in Montgomery Co, MD.
Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were at the Salisbury landfill pond,
Wicomico Co, MD on Feb 26. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen near
Rts 50 and 213, Queen Anne's Co, MD on Feb 27. Three GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE were found at Fort Frederick SP, Washington Co, MD on Feb 27. A ROSS'S
GOOSE was in a flock of SNOW GEESE on Rt 309, Queen Anne's Co, MD on Feb 27.
An adult male COMMON EIDER was in the Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD on
Feb 26. Four female COMMON EIDERS were at Indian River Inlet during the
week. The HARLEQUIN DUCK spending time in Ft Armistead Park, Baltimore, MD
was seen on Feb 23.
RED-NECKED GREBES were found all over the region. Sightings included a bird
at the marina in Port Deposit, Cecil Co, MD Feb 22 through 26; a bird on the
Potomac River at Violette's Lock, C&O Canal, Montgomery Co, MD on Feb 24,
26, and 27; a bird on the Potomac near Great Falls on Feb 24 and 27; a bird
at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA on Feb 27; a bird near Island 1 of the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Northampton Co, VA on Feb 27; a bird in Cape
Charles harbor, Northampton Co, VA on Feb 27; and two birds seen from
Herring Point, Cape Henlopen SP, Sussex Co, DE.
A juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen from Bayside drive, Assateague SP,
Worcester Co, MD on Feb 27. A light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was found in the
marsh along Port Mahon Rd, Kent Co, DE on Feb 24. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was on
Reeses Corner Rd, Kent Co, MD on Feb 27.
Three MERLINS perched in the golf course at Hains Pt, Washington, DC on Feb
24; two were seen there on Feb 26. A MERLIN was spotted in north Arlington,
VA on Feb 26. A MERLIN flew near the Lorton Treatment Plant, Fairfax Co, VA
on Feb 26. Another MERLIN was found on Assateague Island on Feb 26 and one
was seen on Skimmer Island, Ocean City, MD that day.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen on Paper Mill Flats, Baltimore Co, MD on Feb 23
and Feb 26 through 28. Another adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen from Lapidum
close to the Cecil Co, MD shoreline on Feb 27. An immature GLAUCOUS GULL
flew by the College Creek Hawkwatch in Williamsburg, VA on Feb 28.
A pelagic trip out of Ocean City, MD on Feb 26 had great success.
Birders saw a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 2 DOVEKIES, 14 COMMON MURRES*,
99 RAZORBILLS, and a dark puffinus shearwater which was probably either a
SOOTY SHEARWATER or a SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER*.
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE* was found on Feb 27 along Rt 282 about a quarter
mile from the intersection with Rt 213, Cecil Co, MD.
A SHORT-EARED OWL hunted over the marsh along Port Mahon Rd on Feb 24.
The ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD* in Chester, Chesterfield Co, VA continued through
February 24.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE continued at Life of the Marsh Trail on Assateague Island,
MD.
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES are still widely scattered over DC, MD, and VA.
Although spring is on the way, some of the winter specialties are still
here. A SNOW BUNTING was found in Sandy Point SP, Anne Arundel Co, MD on Feb
26. A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL continues to visit a feeder in Henrico Co, VA.
Two COMMON REDPOLLS were seen in Back Bay NWR, Virginia Beach, VA on Feb 24
and one COMMON REDPOLL came to a feeder in West Ocean City, MD on Feb 25.
Another COMMON REDPOLL was at a feeder in Sykesville, Howard Co, MD on Feb
28.
Most of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOsprey, VA-Bird,
West Virginia Birding List, and DE-Birds list servers.
The Audubon Sanctuary Shop (301-652-3606,
http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/default.asp?page=511) is an excellent
source for guidebooks and many other nature-related titles.
To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to
or call 301-652-1088. 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
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