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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:42 PM
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Subject: DC Area, 5/22/12
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 05/22/2012
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
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Compiler: Helen Patton
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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, May 22, at Noon.
Top birds this week are ANHINGA* in VA and SABINE'S GULL* in DE, and ARCTIC
TERN* in MD.
Other birds of interest include RED-THROATED LOON, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN*,
GLOSSY IBIS*, MISSISSIPPS KITE, shorebirds, BLACK TERN, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, thrushes, warblers, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, SUMMER TANAGER
and DICKSISSEL.
Two ANHINGA flew over a house in York Co, VA on May 15 heading toward
Harwood's Mill Reservoir. Later in the day, one ANHINGA was observed at the
Reservoir. Another ANHINGA was at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach, VA also on
May 15.
A SABINE'S GULL* was present at Mispillion visible from the deck at the
DuPont Nature Center, DE on May 20 and 21.
An ARCTIC TERN flew down the Potomac River past Violette's Lock, Montgomery
Co, MD on May 21.
A RED-THROATED LOON was at Buggs Island Lake, Clarksville Mecklenburg Co, VA
on May 20.
Six AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS* were at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City,
DE on May 17 and 18. Best viewing is right along Route 9 at the turn to
Dutch Neck Road.
A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Wooten's Landing, Anne Arundel Co, MD on May 18.
Three or four MISSISSIPPI KITES* were near Jones Road, Greenville Co, VA on
May 19. Two MISSISSIPPI KITES* were flying over the Fairfax Co Parkway near
Hooes Road also on May 19.
Shorebird migration is on and traditional sites along the Delaware Bay and
in Virginia are active. A trip to Prime Hook NWR and the DuPont Nature
Center at Mispillion Harbor in DE on May 18 observed 15 shorebird species
including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RED KNOT and WILLET.
The counts at Mispillion Inlet include 1500 RED KNOT, 2000 RUDDY TURNSTONE,
1000 SANDERLING and 4000 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
Twenty-five RED KNOTS were at Skimmer Island, Ocean City, Worcester Co, MD
on May 20. A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was on Rumbley Point Road, Somerset Co, MD
on May 17. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was at the main pool at Chesapeake Farms,
Kent Co, MD on May 21. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was at Violette's Lock,
Montgomery Co, MD on May 22.
A BLACK TERN was reported on the ponds of the King Family Vineyards in
Crozet, Albemarle Co, VA on May 15. A BLACK TERN was at the Ocean City
Inlet, Worcester Co, MD on May 21.
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was heard in a yard in Woodbine, Carroll Co, MD on May
15. A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was at Wooten's Landing, Anne Arundel Co, MD on
May 18.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER flew into a yard in Woodbine, Carroll Co, MD on May
15. Another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at Patuxent Ponds Park, Anne Arundel
Co, MD also on May 15. At least 21 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were in various
spots in Worcester Co, MD on May 16 with a high count of eleven in the Snow
Hill area. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were in several Delaware sites during the
week including Cape Henlopen SP, Canal Pointe, Rehoboth Beach and the Redden
State Forest.
A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was at Monticello Park, Alexandria, VA on May 16. A
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA on May 20. A
SWAINSON'S THRUSH was at Jug Bay Natural Area, Prince George's Co, MD on May
15. Another SWAINSON'S THRUSH was singing in a yard in Queenstown, Queen
Anne's Co, MD on May 17 and two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were in a yard in St.
Margaret's, Anne Arundel Co, MD on the same day.
Hot spots in the warbler migration this past week included the maintenance
yard and nearby areas in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC; Monticello Park,
Alexandria, VA; Susquehanna SP, Cecil and Harford Cos, MD; Little Bennett
Regional Park, Montgomery Co, MD and The Point near Quantico, Prince William
Co, VA. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was at Big Stone Beach, DE on May 16. A
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was heard at Little Bennett Regional Park, Montgomery
Co, MD on May 19. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was at the Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center (SERC), Edgewater, Anne Arundel Co, MD on May 15. A MOURNING
WARBLER was seen in the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, Howard Co, MD on
May 15. A MOURNING WARBLER was at Hains Point, DC on May 18. A MOURNING
WARBLER was at Eden Mill, Harford Co, MD on May 18,19,20 and 21. A MOURNING
WARBLER was at Schoolhouse Pond, Prince George's Co, MD on May 21.
The HENSLOW'S SPARROWS in a field near Forest Hill, Harford Co, MD were last
seen/heard on May 17.
Unusual for Montgomery County, possibly two SUMMER TANAGERS were on River
Road and a SUMMER TANAGER was heard at Blockhouse Point on the C&O Canal,
Montgomery Co, MD on May 19. The River Road SUMMER TANAGER was seen again on
May 20 and a SUMMER TANAGER was also near Riley's Lock between mile makers
23 and 24 on the same day.
A DICKSISSEL was singing along Westerly Road near Poolesville, Montgomery
Co, MD on May 15.
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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