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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:37 AM
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Subject: DC Area, 7/26/11

Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist 
Date:               7/26/2011
Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1 
Reports (voice):    301-652-1088 option 2 
        (email):     
Compiler:           Joe Coleman
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 26, at 9:00 AM. 

Top birds this week are BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK* in VA, WHITE-FACED
IBIS* in MD, CALIFORNIA GULL in DE, and MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD* in VA.

Other birds of interest include ducks, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, LEAST BITTERN,
LITTLE BLUE HERON, WHITE IBIS, PEREGRINE FALCON, shorebirds, terns,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, sparrows, and DICKCISSEL.

The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK* was seen again on July 19 and 23; as
before it was on the Wildlife Loop at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA. 

The WHITE-FACED IBIS* reported last week at the North section of the E A
Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, Worcester Co, MD was see again on July 20.

A third-year CALIFORNIA GULL was found July 24 at Prime Hook NWR, Sussex Co,
DE.

A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD* was found both July 23 and July 24 in the Glenmore
development, a private gated community, near Charlottesville, VA.

The hen NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen again at the Swan Creek dredge containment
facility, Anne Arundel Co, MD on July 20.

Three NORTHERN BOBWHITES were seen July 25 at Old Bradley Rd, Mardela
Springs, Wicomico Co, MD.

LEAST BITTERNS continue to be seen at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area,
Chesterfield Co, VA with a report from July 22. A LEAST BITTERN was seen on
the Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA walk July 24. 

LITTLE BLUE HERONS popped up in a number of locations.

WHITE IBIS continued to be reported this past week in both MD and VA in
areas where they were not previously common. 

A PEREGRINE FALCON was the highlight of the weekly walk at Huntley Meadows
Park, Fairfax Co, VA on July 25.

Shorebird reports increased throughout the area this past week. On July 20
two AMERICAN AVOCETS were reported in DC flying upstream on the Anacostia
River from the Pennsylvania Ave Bridge. An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen July 22
at Myrtle Point, St Mary's Co, MD. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen July 22 at
the Salisbury Airport, Wicomico Co, MD.
Thirty-seven WESTERN SANDPIPERS were seen July 20 with the other shorebirds
at the Swan Creek dredge containment facility, Anne Arundel Co, MD. Three
STILT SANDPIPERS were found July 23 at Truitt's Landing, Worcester Co, MD.
There were two STILT SANDPIPERS among the many shorebirds at Hart-Miller
Island, Baltimore Co, MD on July 25. Two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen
from Alexandria, VA, on July 21 on the mudflats at the Hunting Creek Bridge.

A GULL-BILLED TERN was seen at Chincoteague on July 21 and one was also seen
on July 23 at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel islands, Northampton Co, VA.
One was also seen July 23 at Bombay Hook NWR, DE.
LEAST TERNS were seen in both MD and DC this past week. On July 19 two were
seen and photographed at the Bladensburg Waterfront Park, Prince George's
Co, MD; three were seen there on July 22. On July 20 two were seen in DC on
the Anacostia River upstream from the Pennsylvania Ave Bridge; three were
seen July 23 in the same general location from Anacostia Park. BLACK TERNS
were seen on July 23 at the Assateague Island National Seashore and the
Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD.
Three BLACK TERNS were seen at Hart-Miller on July 25.

A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was calling July 24 in a back yard in Maryland City,
Anne Arundel Co, MD

The SWAMP SPARROW at Dyke Marsh was seen again on July 24. Early
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS popped up in a couple of locations this past week.
One was seen July 20 in the Lost Lake area of Patapsco Valley SP, Baltimore,
MD.

DICKCISSELS continued to be reported throughout the area this past week
though in smaller 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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