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From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: DC Area, 6/5/12
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 06/05/2012
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE/WV panhandle
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This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon Naturalist
Society. This report was completed Tuesday, June 5, at
10:30 AM.
Top bird this week is BLACK RAIL* in WV.
Other birds of interest include waterfowl, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, HORNED GREBE,
SOOTY SHEARWATER, WILSON'S STORM PETREL, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN*, AMERICAN &
LEAST BITTERN, CATTLE EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS*, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON,
MISSISSIPPI KITE, GOLDEN EAGLE, PEREGRINE FALCON, SANDHILL CRANE,
shorebirds, ROYAL TERN, RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, COMMON
RAVEN, swallows, BROWN CREEPER, SEDGE WREN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, warblers,
HENSLOW'S SPARROW, and DICKSISSEL.
A BLACK RAIL was found May 29 a little north of Capon Bridge, Hampshire Co,
WV. To get there take Rte 50 from Winchester, VA to Capon Bridge, and than
take Co Rd 15 north out of town for 1.31 miles to a gravel pull off right
before a turn into a development. The Black Rail was heard and continued to
be heard through June 4 in the bullrush wet meadow almost directly across
from the entrance to the road.
A drake BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen May 30 at Schoolhouse Pond, Upper
Marlboro, Prince George's Co, MD; a female was seen there on May 31. A
survey on June 3 at the Cox Creek/Swan Creek property in northern Anne
Arundel Co, MD, produced a continuing male RING-NECKED DUCK, four LESSER
SCAUP, and two RUDDY DUCKs, and a hen RED-BREASTED MERGANSER in the nearby
river. A HOODED MERGANSER with its three ducklings was observed June 3 at
the privately-owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands Mitigation Project, Loudoun Co,
VA during the bluebird box survey. A female COMMON MERGANSER with four
ducklings riding on her back was seen in the Shenandoah River from the
Shanondale WMA, Jefferson Co, WV.
NORTHERN BOBWHITES were observed in a number of locations this past week
including four May 31 at the Rappahannock River Valley NWR, Wilna Tract
Richmond Co, VA; a couple were also heard on June 2 along Montressor Rd near
Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA.
A HORNED GREBE continued to be seen at Sandy Point SP, Anne Arundel Co, MD;
on June 2 it was between the Main and the East Beach.
A SOOTY SHEARWATER and a WILSON'S STORM PETREL flew past Assateague Island
National Seashore's South Beach (Worcester Co, MD) on May 31.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS* continued to be seen in DE last week with reports
from Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City and Fowler Beach.
An AMERCIAN BITTERN and a LEAST BITTERN were observed during the June
5 Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD trip; a LEAST BITTERN was also seen
during the May 30 trip there. A LEAST BITTERN was seen June 3 during the
regular weekly walk at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA.
A CATTLE EGRET was found June 2 at the Dulles International Airport, Loudoun
Co, VA.
A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found June 2 at the Winkler Botanical
Preserve, Alexandria, VA.
A GLOSSY IBIS* was seen June 1 at one of the small ponds on Bell's Ln,
Augusta Co, VA.
An adult MISSISSIPPI KITE was soaring high over Raymond Pool, Bombay Hook
NWR, DE on June 2. On June 3 a MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen wheeling over The
Winery at Bull Run on Lee Highway before crossing Bull Run from Fairfax Co
into Prince William Co, VA.
A second year GOLDEN EAGLE was seen June 2 along Rte 640 in Highland Co, VA.
PEREGRINE FALCONS continue to be seen in the Bailey's Crossroads area of
Fairfax Co, VA with a report of both a male and female there on June 1.
A SANDHILL CRANE was observed June 1 about a mile west of Swain's Lock, C&O
Canal, Montgomery Co, MD.
On trips to Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD on May 30 and June 4,
BLACK-NECKED STILTS, WHIMBRELS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, were among the many
shorebirds seen along with a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on May 30.
A flock of BLACK-NECKED STILTS was seen June 1 near Chincoteague. RED KNOTS
continued to be seen in a variety of locations feeding on horseshoe crab
eggs along Delaware Bay this past week. Sixty-nine WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
were seen June 1 at Chesapeake Farms, Kent Co, MD.
A ROYAL TERN was seen June 3 from Hains Point, SW DC.
A RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER was seen June 3 during a stop at the Piney Grove
Preserve, Sussex Co, VA.
An ALDER FLYCATCHER was observed throughout the week at the Howard County
Conservancy, Woodstock, MD with the most recent report from June 3. It is in
a field along the stream beside Rte 99.
Three COMMON RAVENS were seen June 3 flying over Savage Park, Howard Co, MD.
On June 3 CLIFF SWALLOWS were reported nesting under the bridge over Goose
Creek on Rectortown Rd, a little north and west of Rectortown, Fauquier Co,
VA; there were also a couple of NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS nesting in
the stream bank there.
Two BROWN CREEPERS were seen and heard on May 30 and June 1 on Virginius
Island, Harper's Ferry, Jefferson Co, WV.
A SEDGE WREN was found June 3 in an uncut field in Augusta Co, VA, just
north of Rte 775 near where it connects Rte 608 to Rockfish Rd.
A SWAINSON'S THRUSH was still singing on June 2 in the Glencarlyn area of
Arlington Co, VA.
On June 3 eight GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS were observed along Old Legislative
Rd in Allegany Co, MD as well as a half dozen HENSLOW'S SPARROWS. (From
I-68, take exit 33 south for 2 miles, cross through Woodland, and start
listening.) A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and a MOURNING WARBLER were found on
June 2 during a trip to Highland Co, VA.
DICKCISSELS were observed in a number of locations this past week including
one on the Hart-Miller Island trip on May 30. A dozen DICKSISSELS were
reported from a variety of locations in Frederick and Carroll Counties, MD
on May 31. Two were reported the same day from the Rappahannock River Valley
NWR's Wilna Tract, Richmond Co, VA and from the Remington area of Fauquier
Co, VA with one at Woodward Turf farms on Sumerduck Road, Co Rd 651, and the
other on Grassdale Rd, Co Rd 755; the ones on Grassdale Rd were also
observed on June 3 as well as a couple in Culpeper Co, VA, near the Woodward
Turf Farm.
DICKCISSELS were also observed this past week on Candlewood 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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