[va-bird] Fw: [MDOSPREY] FW: RBA for 1/18/05

This week's Voice of the Naturalist (the Rare Bird Alert for the area) 
follows and is for your information.
Joe Coleman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norm Saunders" <marshhawk@xxxxxxx>
To: <MDOSPREY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:05 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] FW: DC Area, 1/18/05


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: scordle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:scordle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:07 PM
>> To: birdeast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: DC Area, 1/18/05
>>
>>
>> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
>> Date:               1/18/05
>> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
>> Telephone:          301-652-1088 option 1
>> Reports (voice):    301-652-1088 option 2
>>         (email):    voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>      (deadline):    midnight Mondays
>> Compiler:           Joe Coleman
>> Sponsor:            Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central
>>                       Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
>> Transcriber:        Steve Cordle (scordle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>>
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>> user of the Voice (Individual $30; Family $40; Nature Steward
>> $60; Audubon Advocate $100). 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 tape was made Tuesday, Jan 18, at 8:00
> p.m.
>>
>> Top birds this week are BARNACLE GOOSE in MD, *KELP GULL in
>> MD, *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in DC, *LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE in MD and
>> VA, and LECONTE'S SPARROW in VA.
>>
>> Other birds of interest include grebes, including EARED,
>> HORNED and an Aechmophorus GREBE, GREAT CORMORANT, GREATER
>> WHITE-FRONTED and other GEESE, TUNDRA SWAN, ducks, raptors,
>> BLACK RAIL, PURPLE SANDPIPER, gulls, RAZORBILL, SHORT-EARED
>> OWL, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, HORNED LARK, nuthatches,
>> warblers, AMERICAN TREE and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, LAPLAND
>> LONGSPUR, and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD.
>>
>> A BARNACLE GOOSE with a band, possibly an escapee, was found
>> on Jan 12 on the grounds of the Pickering Creek Audubon
>> Center in Talbot Co, MD. No other reports of this bird were
>> received later in the week.
>>
>> Maryland's *KELP GULL continues to frequent the pilings
>> behind Sea Breeze Crab House in Sandgates, St. Mary's Co,
>> with the most recent report from Jan 17.
>>
>> The immature female *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues at the
>> Smithsonian's Ripley Garden (between the Arts and Industries
>> building and the Hirshhorn), SW DC, with the latest sighting
>> on Jan 18.
>>
>> The *LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE in Washington Co, MD, southwest of
>> Hagerstown, was found again Jan 15 on Shaffer Rd, 1.2 miles
>> from the T-intersection with Dam #4 Rd, south of Downsville
>> [DeLorme 71, C4]). Another LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found north
>> of Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA on Jan 15 and again on Jan 16, 17
>> and 18. It was on Montressor Rd, Rte. 661 (which is on the
>> west side of Rt. 15) and was hunting along hedgerows about a
>> quarter of a mile north of the 90 degree curve.
>>
>> A LECONTE'S SPARROW was well-photographed at the Wilna unit
>> of the Rappahannock River Valley NWR on VA's Northern Neck,
>> Richmond Co on Jan 12.
>>
>> An Aechmophorus genus grebe, either a WESTERN OR CLARK'S, was
>> observed from the Pleasant's Landing area of Lake Anna,
>> Louisa Co, VA on Jan 15 and Jan 16.
>>
>> An EARED GREBE could still be found at Little Seneca Lake,
>> Black Hill RP, Montgomery Co, MD on Jan 17.
>>
>> Three GREAT CORMORANTS were seen at Indian River Inlet, DE on Jan
> 17.
>>
>> Little Seneca Lake, Black Hill RP, Montgomery Co, MD,
>> continues to attract a rich array of waterfowl, including on
>> Jan 17, EARED and HORNED (as well as PIED-BILLED) GREBES,
>> TUNDRA SWANS, and at least ten different species of duck.
>> TUNDRA SWANS were widely reported on Jan 15 with a flock of
>> 25 flying over Lilypons, Frederick Co, MD and six on
>> Redington Lake at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center,
>> Prince George's Co, MD. On the same day about 5,000 were seen
>> in Caroline Co, MD near the intersection of Route 318 and
>> Bradley Road about one mile west of Federalsburg.
>>
>> A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was among the many CANADA GEESE
>> on Leeds Creek in Talbot Co, MD on Jan 15.
>>
>> Four SNOW GEESE were found on Jan 15 in a small farm pond off
>> of Howland Lane off of RT. 287 north of Purcellville, Loudoun
>> Co, VA. At least two SNOW GEESE have been there for the past
>> three weeks.
>>
>> CACKLING GEESE were found on Jan 11 at Lake Whetstone in
>> Montgomery Co, MD and on Jan 14 at a pond on Rte 309 east of
>> Rte 213 near Centreville, Queen Anne's Co, MD. A ROSS' GOOSE
>> was seen in the same area. On Jan 15 two CACKLING GEESE were
>> among the many waterfowl at Pickering Creek Audubon Center in
>> Talbot Co, MD.
>>
>> A male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on both Jan 16 and 17 at the
>> Eagle Landing Golf Course, Ocean City, MD.
>>
>> On Jan 15 two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen on the bayside of
>> Island 4 of the CBB/T islands, Northampton Co, VA.
>>
>> Several NORTHERN HARRIERS and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen
>> Jan 15 on Rte. 710 just north of Rectortown, Fauquier Co, VA.
>> One SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the same area on Jan 17.
>>
>> A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Elliot Island Rd, Dorchester
>> Co, MD on Jan 15 and again, during a mid-winter raptor
>> survey, on Jan 16. The same survey found a GOLDEN EAGLE.
>>
>> A SHORT-EARED OWL was also seen Jan 15 along Elliott Island
>> Rd, Dorchester Co, MD. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were also seen on a
>> trip to Highland Co, VA on Jan 15.
>>
>> The same trip to Highland County located at least two, and
>> possibly three, GOLDEN EAGLES. Three GOLDEN EAGLES were seen
>> on a trip to Burke's Garden, Tazewell Co, VA on Jan 15.
>> During a midwinter eagle survey at the Blackwater NWR a
>> GOLDEN EAGLE and over 100 BALD EAGLES were counted on Jan 11.
>>
>> MERLINS were reported from Kenilworth Park, NE DC and from
>> Montressor Rd in Loudoun Co on Jan 15. Another MERLIN was
>> seen in a backyard in Vienna, VA on Jan 16.
>>
>> A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported perched Jan 13 on a light
>> pole along I-70 in Frederick Co, MD at the junction of I-270
>> and US-15. Another was observed on Jan 15 and Jan 16 on
>> Montressor Rd in Loudoun Co.
>>
>> A BLACK RAIL was spotted crossing Elliot Island Road,
>> Dorchester Co, MD during the raptor survey on Jan 16.
>>
>> PURPLE SANDPIPERS were found at Indian River Inlet, the Ocean
>> City inlet on the jetty and on the CBB/T islands at various
>> times during the week.
>>
>> LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were reported from several
>> locations last week with one 1 adult at the tip of Hains
>> Point, SW DC, another at the Anacostia River Park, DC, and
>> one at the Georgetown Reservoir, NW DC, all on Jan 15. Other
>> gull reports included 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a
>> GLAUCOUS GULL at the Salisbury landfill (Wicomico Co, MD) on Jan
> 16.
>>
>> A DOVEKIE was reported at the Ocean City, MD inlet on Jan.
>> 17. RAZORBILLS were reported from the inlet on Jan 15, 16 and 17.
>>
>> Both a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and a WILSON'S WARBLER
>> continue to visit a yard feeder in Cape Charles, Northampton Co,
> VA.
>>
>> All three of the nuthatch species found in the Mid-Atlantic
>> were seen on a feeder in Golden Hill, Dorchester Co, MD near
>> the Blackwater NWR. A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was still present
>> on Jan 11 at the feeders at the Blandy Experimental Farm in
>> Clarke Co, VA. There was one on Jan 16 on the Brawner Farm
>> Loop Trail on Manassas Battlefield NP, Prince William Co, VA
>> and another on Jan 17 at Seneca Creek State Park, Montgomery Co,
> MD.
>>
>> A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found in Nokesville, Prince William
>> Co, VA on Jan 13 at the corner of Aden and Brookfield Roads
>> mixed in with a large flock of HORNED LARKS.
>>
>> AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were reported from several locations
>> throughout the area, including single birds at Blue Mash
>> Nature Trail, Montgomery Co on Jan 12, the Dulles Wetlands
>> Mitigation Project in Loudoun Co, VA on Jan 13 and several
>> throughout the week on Ebenezer Church Rd near Bluemont,
>> Loudoun Co, VA.
>>
>> The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still at the Wilna unit of the
>> Rappahannock River Valley NWR on VA's Northern Neck, Richmond
>> Co on Jan 12.
>>
>> Thirteen male and 4 female BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS were observed
>> in a pasture which can be seen from the parking lot at the
>> little church next to the dairy farm on Fleetwood Drive near
>> Nokesville on Jan 17.
>>
>> A pelagic trip is scheduled for Feb 26 out of Lewes, DE for
>> winter seabirds. For more information, contact Call Life
>> Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or check their web site at
>> www.paulagics.com.
>>
>> Those of you lucky enough to host a winter hummingbird are
>> asked to contact hummingbird bander Mary Gustafson at
>> live4birds@xxxxxxxx Mary is working to document winter
>> hummingbirds in the east.
>>
>> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOSPREY,
>> VA-Bird, and Delaware Birds list servers.
>>
>> Claudia Wilds's book, Finding Birds in the National Capital
>> Area, is an excellent source of directions to many birding
>> sites. And the ANS Bookstore is an excellent source for this
>> and many other nature-related titles: 301-652-3606.
>>
>> To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to
>> voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx You may also report by calling
>> 301-652-1088 and selecting menu option 2. Please post e-mail
>> reports before midnight Monday, identify the county and
>> state, and include your name and a Tuesday morning phone number.
>>
>> Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.
>>
>> * Of interest to the MD/DC Records Committee. For more
>> information, visit www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html.
>>
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