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FW: DC Area, 7/19/11

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Norm Saunders

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Norm Saunders

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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:04:03 -0400

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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:09 AM
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Subject: DC Area, 7/19/11

Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist 
Date:               7/19/2011
Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1 
Reports (voice):    301-652-1088 option 2 
        (email):     
Compiler:           Helen Patton
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, July 19, at 10:30 AM. 

Top birds this week are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in VA and WHITE-FACED
IBIS in MD.

Other birds of interest include ducks, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, LEAST BITTERN,
LITTLE BLUE HERON, ibis, MISSISSIPPI KITE, shorebirds, terns,
CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SEDGE WREN and
DICKCISSEL.

A male BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was foraging for food on the Wildlife
Loop at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA on July 16, 17 and 18. 

An Ibis trifecta (WHITE, WHITE-FACED and GLOSSY) was at Truitt's Landing,
Worcester Co, MD on July 16. The WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen again on July 17
at Truitt's and E A. Vaughn WMA. 

A hen NORTHERN PINTAIL joined the continuing male CANVASBACK at the Swan
Creek dredge containment facility, Anne Arundel Co, MD on July 13. A male
RUDDY DUCK in breeding plumage was also present. The male RUDDY DUCK remains
at the McMillan Reservoir, DC, seen on July 13.

A NORTHERN BOBWHITE was at Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince William Co, VA on July
17.

A LEAST BITTERN was calling at Truitt's Landing on July 16. Three LITTLE
BLUE HERONS were at Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve, Anne Arundel Co, MD on July
16.

A WHITE IBIS was noted at the intersection of Judes Ferry Road and Rte. 60
in Powhatan Co, VA on July 14. Two WHITE IBIS flew over a yard in Staunton,
Augusta Co, VA and another WHITE IBIS was at the Dulles Greenway Wetlands
Mitigation Project, Loudoun Co, VA on July 16. 

 The MISSISSIPPI KITE, found last week In Charles Co, MD, near DuBois Rd &
MD6, was seen again on July 17 west of the intersection of DuBois and
Meredith. A MISSISSIPPI KITE flew over a house on Meadow Rue Lane, west of
the King's Park subdivision, Fairfax Co, VA on July 18.

A trickle of returning shorebirds has begun including SPOTTED, SEMIPALMATED
and LEAST SANDPIPERS at Swan Creek dredge containment facility on July 13. A
probable juvenile WILLET was seen at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center,
Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co, MD on July 18.
A trip to Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD on July 18 located 11 species
of shorebirds including AMERICAN AVOCET, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SPOTTED,
SEMIPALMATED, WESTERN, LEAST, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS plus
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. An estimated 1,500 shorebirds were on Poplar Island,
Talbot Co, MD on July 17 including WESTERN, LEAST and STILT SANDPIPERS and
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A BLACK TERN was resting on a sandbar close to the Visitor Center in Swan
Cove, Chincoteague NWR, on July 17. A total of 1,190 ROYAL TERN chicks were
banded at Clump Island, Accomack Co, VA on July 14. Two immature SANDWICH
TERNS were on pilings near an observation platform at New Point Wharf,
Matthews Co, VA on July 15.

A vocal CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW was at Truitt's Landing early on July 16.

More than twelve CLIFF SWALLOWS were flying over Brighton Dam,
Howard/Montgomery Co, MD on July 16. At least 10 CLIFF SWALLOWS were at the
bridge over Prettyboy Reservoir, Baltimore Co, MD also on July 16.

Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were at Patapsco Pond #8 in Baltimore Co, MD on
July 16.

At least three SEDGE WRENS were singing in the New Hope area on Rte.
608, Augusta Co, VA on July 12.

DICKCISSELS are still being seen throughout the reporting area, but in
rapidly decreasing numbers.

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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