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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:24 PM
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Subject: DC Area, 6/21/11
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 6/21/2011
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
Reports (voice): 301-652-1088 option 2
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Compiler: Joe Coleman
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the
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Transcriber: Steve Cordle ()
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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, June 21, at 9 AM.
Top bird this week is FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER* in VA.
Other birds of interest include ducks, loons, grebes, LEAST BITTERN,
NORTHERN HARRIER, BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S
PHALAROPE, ICELAND GULL, EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE*, SHORT-EARED OWL,
nightjars, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, sparrows, and DICKCISSEL.
A FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER* was found and seen several times throughout the
day on June 18 in Chesapeake, VA at the intersection of Peach and Hertz Rd.
It was not relocated after that day.
A visit to Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD on June 15 found several birds
uncommon for this area at this time of year including a SURF SCOTER, a BLACK
SCOTER, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, a RED-THROATED LOON, and a HORNED GREBE. On June
18 a HORNED GREBE was just off the beach at the Swan Creek mitigated
wetlands in northern Anne Arundel Co, MD. A COMMON LOON was seen June 20 in
the Potomac River about 100 yards upstream from Pennyfield, Montgomery Co,
MD.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen June 16 between Fort Carroll and Fort Armistead
Park, Baltimore, MD.
LEAST BITTERNS were seen June 15 and 19 at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area,
Chesterfield Co, VA.
A female NORTHERN HARRIER was seen June 19 in Frederick Co, MD near
Adamstown.
Two BLACK-NECKED STILTS continue to be seen at the Swan Creek dredge
containment facility, Anne Arundel Co, MD with sightings on June 15 and 18.
There was a single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Singerly pond where Rte
624 intersects Carter's Wharf Rd near Newland in Richmond Co, VA on June 14.
A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was found June 15 at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax
Co, VA.
On June 16 two WILSON'S PHALAROPES were seen flying down the Potomac River
at Violette's Lock, Montgomery Co, MD.
A probable ICELAND GULL was seen June 18 at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co,
VA. It was seen again and photographed on June 19 a half mile from the
traffic circle on the Tom's Cove side of Chincoteague.
A EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE* was seen June 15 at Adkins Arboretum, Caroline Co,
MD.
A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen again at Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD, this time
on June 15.
There was a lot of success on some of the nightjar survey routes this past
week with ten CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOWS and 8 WHIP-POOR-WILLS the evening of June
14 on a route in Charles City Co, VA; on the morning of the 15th 12
CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOWS and 20 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard on a route in King &
Queen Co, VA.
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS were found June 18 at the bend of Dailey Rd at the
southern end of the Green Ridge State Forest, Allegany Co, MD. A
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen June 19 on an arranged trip to a private farm
in Craig Co, VA, off Rte 42, between Newport and New Castle. A GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER was also seen June 19 from the pull-off on the left of Mountain Lake
Rd (SR 700) about a mile below Mountain Lake Hotel, Giles Co, VA.
Two VESPER SPARROWS were found in western Montgomery Co, MD, on June
18 and 19 along Westerly Ave, heading away from its junction with Edwards
Ferry Rd; a little further down the road there was a DICKCISSEL. A VESPER
SPARROW and three DICKCISSELS were found June 19 along Capstone Rd southwest
of Frederick, MD.
A DARK-EYED JUNCO was found June 15 in Oakland Cemetery, Halifax Co, VA.
DICKCISSELS continued to be seen and heard throughout the area this past
week. Some of the locations included Bower Rd east of Harney, Carroll Co,
MD; Sixes Bridge Rd, Carroll Co, MD; Knife Box Rd, Caroline Co, MD;
Bollinger School Rd south of Rte 140, Frederick Co, MD; Sixes Bridge Rd east
of Grimes Rd, Frederick Co, MD; Creamery Rd north of Keysville Rd, Frederick
Co, MD; Stauffer Rd south of Walkersville, Frederick Co, MD; Beauvue Ponds,
St. Mary's Co, MD; Sassafras-Coldwell Rd east of Golts-Coldwell Rd, Kent Co,
MD; Stilltown Rd and Felton School Rd, Queen Anne's Co, MD; near Church
Hill, Queen Anne's Co, MD; Egypt Rd, Dorchester Co, MD; Turner Rd, Calvert
Co, MD; Long Neck Rd, St Mary's Co, MD; Lucketts, Loudoun Co, VA; north of
Winchester, Frederick Co, VA; in Chesapeake, VA at the corner of Peach Rd
and Hertz Rd; and along Smith Rd, Jefferson Co, WV.
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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