FYI
Joe Coleman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Cordle" <scordle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <birdeast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: DC Area, 7/26/05
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 7/26/05
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)
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 tape was made Tuesday, July 26, at 3:30 p.m.
Top bird this week is MISSISSIPPI KITE in VA.
Other birds of interest include BARNACLE GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, HORNED
GREBE, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, LEAST BITTERN, LITTLE BLUE HERON,
BLACK-CROWNED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, COMMON MOORHEN,
shorebirds, LITTLE GULL, FORSTER'S TERN, SEDGE WREN, HENSLOW'S SPAROW,
and DICKCISSEL.
There are now reports of two active MISSISSIPPI KITES nests in
northern Virginia. Although the nests themselves are difficult to
spot, soaring adults are sometimes seen close-by. In the Waynewood
subdivision in southeastern Fairfax County, at least three MISSISSIPPI
KITES were seen on July 23 over the Carl Sandburg Middle School. The
other nest, currently holding a downy chick, is located several miles
northwest of the first. It is west of I-495, two blocks north of the
intersection of Braddock Rd and Rolling Rd, on Red Fox Drive. On July
23, two adult and one subadult MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in this
area. These birds are expected to stay around through the middle of
August.
The BARNACLE GOOSE at the Walnut Hills Camp Ground in Augusta Co, VA
was again seen on July 23.
The TUNDRA SWAN at Chain Bridge, NW DC, was again seen on July 24.
A HORNED GREBE in resplendent breeding plumage was seen July 20 in the
waters off the north side of Camper Circle, just north of the bridge
to Tilghman's Island, Talbot Co, MD.
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS are still being observed from land with four
seen on July 20 from Roaring Point on the Nanticoke River, Wicomico
Co, MD.
A cooperative LEAST BITTERN was seen at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA on
July 24 among the reeds in the marshy area to the right of the Haul Rd
path after the bend. It was not relocated during the regular weekly
walk a little later in the morning.
An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen flying downriver over the
Anacostia River in SE DC on July 23.
An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found the evening of July 24
along with several BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, three adults and two
juveniles, in the ponds at Chain Bridge, NW DC.
Two COMMON MOORHENS were seen at Tanyard Marsh, Caroline Co, MD on
July 22.
More than a dozen species of shorebirds were seen July 23 during the
regular survey at Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD including
WESTERN, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS.
On Tilghman's Island a LITTLE GULL in breeding plumage was observed
flying over the Chesapeake Bay on July 22.
A FORSTER'S TERN was seen flying over the Anacostia River, SE DC, on
July 23.
A SEDGE WREN was seen and heard in Allegany Co, MD on July 22 near the
intersection of Bald Knob and Blanks Roads outside of Savage River.
HENSLOW'S SPAROWS were observed in the same area on the 20th and the
22nd of July as well as a number of other grassland specialists.
DICKCISSELS continue to be widely reported. A DICKCISSEL was again
seen in western Montgomery Co, MD with a report on July 25. It was a
few miles southeast of White's Ferry, singing near 24000 River Rd, not
far from the Patton Turf Farm.
A male DICKCISSEL was seen singing July 22 on the wires on Harney Rd
about a quarter mile south of Bullfrog RD in Frederick Co, MD. The
DICKCISSELS in southern Cecil Co were still in evidence July 25, with
at least 3 males perched and singing on the wires along Old Telegraph
Rd. (This is 0.8 mile south of Middleneck Rd, south of Bohemia Mills
(DeLorme 78, D2).
Another DICKCISSEL was singing July 21on Kent Island, Queen Anne's Co,
MD, about one half mile north of the intersection with Graysonville
Road and the road to the north end of the island. There was also a
DICKCISSEL found July 23 in Rockingham Co, VA about a half mile south
of Rt. 776 on Rt. 608.
See Life Paulagics is running a trip out of Lewes, DE, on Saturday,
August 27. For more information, call them at 215-896-6405, or check
their web site at paulagics.com.
Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOSPREY and
VA-Bird list servers.
Finding Birds in the National Capital Area by Claudia Wilds is an
excellent source of directions to many birding sites. The ANS
Bookstore (301-652-3606 or
www.audubonnaturalist.org/cgi-bin/mesh/store) is an excellent source
for this and many other nature-related titles.
To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to
voice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. 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 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 MD/DC Records Committee. For more information,
visit www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html.
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