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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:38 AM
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Subject: DC Area, 4/3/12

Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist 
Date:               4/03/2012
Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle 
Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1 
Reports, comments, questions:
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Compiler:           John Bjerke
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 $50; Family $65; Nature Steward $100; Audubon Advocate
$200). 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, April 3 at 7:30 AM.

Top birds this week are PACIFIC LOON* and BREWER'S SPARROW* in VA.

Other birds of interest include TRUMPETER SWAN, HORNED GREBE, GREAT EGRET,
BALD EAGLE, GOLDEN EAGLE, PEREGRINE FALCON, RUFF, COMMON RAVEN, and
sparrows.

There were many reports of early returning migrant birds this week.
Correspondents took particular notice of TRICOLORED HERON, BROAD-WINGED
HAWK, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, WOOD THRUSH,
OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, and YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER.

A PACIFIC LOON* that has spent several winters on Kerr Reservoir,
Mecklenburg Co, VA was seen on Apr 1.

The BREWER'S SPARROW* wintering in our area was found again on Mar 30 at the
intersection of Deep Hole and Charlie Rds in Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince
William Co, VA.

A pair of TRUMPETER SWANS were spotted in the pond near the new Clarke Co,
VA, High School in Berryville on Apr 1.

HORNED GREBES in a variety of plumages and sometimes in large numbers were
noted throughout the area. Among the many reports there were at least 40 on
the Potomac River in Washington, DC; 57 at Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal
in Montgomery Co, MD; and 519 at Point Lookout, St Mary's Co, MD.

The Asian subspecies of GREAT EGRET seen occasionally the last few years at
Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA was spotted on Mar 30 and 31.

There were at least 45 BALD EAGLES at Conowingo Dam on the Harford/Cecil Co
line in MD on Mar 28. An adult GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on Jug Bay on the
Patuxent River, Prince Georges Co, MD on Apr 1. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen
around the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on the Potomac River near Washington, DC on
Apr 1.

Migrant shorebirds are also returning to the area. PIPING PLOVERS were seen
at Chincoteague NWR. A female RUFF, also known as a REEVE, was found in
Raymond Pool, Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE on Mar 28. Another female RUFF
was found on Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD on Apr 2.

A COMMON RAVEN flew over Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC on Mar
31.

VESPER SPARROWS were reported from many locations including Southwest Area
Park, Baltimore, MD on Mar 30; Hains Point, Washington, DC on Mar 31; a
flock of 16 on Harrison Rd near Old Tavern Rd, Fauquier Co, VA on Mar 30 and
Apr 2; along Delta Rd in Occoquan Bay NWR on Mar 31; at Indian Creek WMA,
Charles Co, MD on Apr 1, and near the Study Road Farm pond, Carroll Co, MD
on Apr 1.

The wintering LARK SPARROW near the beach parking lot on Assateague Island,
Worcester Co, MD was seen on Apr 1. A NELSON'S SPARROW was heard at the
Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR on Mar 29. Two NELSON'S SPARROWS were seen at
Truitt's Landing, Worcester Co, MD on Mar 31.

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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