FYI Joe Coleman
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:14 PM
Subject: DC Area, 2/1/05
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 2/1/05
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
Reports (voice): 301-652-1088 option 2
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Compiler: Lydia Schindler & Joe Coleman
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central
Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
Transcriber: Steve Cordle (scordle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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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, February 1, at 11:30
a.m.
Top birds this week are PACIFIC LOON, WESTERN TANAGER, LARK SPARROW,
and COMMON REDPOLL in VA, KELP GULL and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL in MD,
BLACK GUILLEMOT and RAZORBILL in DE, and *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in DC.
Other birds of interest include SNOW GOOSE, ducks, RED-THROATED LOON,
RED-NECKED and EARED GREBE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN, gulls,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LOGGERHEAD and NORTHERN SHRIKES, AMERICAN
PIPIT, SNOW BUNTING, and PINE SISKIN.
A PACIFIC LOON was reported Jan 27 from Virginia's Northern Neck, at
Dameron Marsh in Northumberland Co.
Maryland's KELP GULL was again seen Jan 28, as usual behind the Sea
Breeze Crab House, Sandgates, St. Mary's Co.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT was discovered at Indian River Inlet, DE, Jan 29,
and offered close-up views near the north marina. A RAZORBILL was seen
from the south side, in the ice floes, and a male HARLEQUIN hugged the
south jetty. Another RAZORBILL was seen from the Point at Cape
Henlopen, DE.
The immature female *RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues at the Smithsonian's
Ripley Garden (between the Arts and Industries building and the
Hirshhorn), SW DC, with sightings through Jan 29.
A very colorful LARK SPARROW visited a feeder in Chesapeake, VA, on
Jan 29.
A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL visited a feeder in Cecil Co, MD, Jan 30.
A COMMON REDPOLL showed up Jan 25 at an apartment complex in Falls
Church, Fairfax Co.
Two SNOW GEESE were seen at Hains Point, SW DC, Jan 26 and 28.
TUNDRA SWANS were reported in the Potomac River about a mile north of
Mount Vernon Jan 26.
A male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen again Jan 29 at Ridgeway Park in
Hampton, VA.
On Jan 26, the Ocean City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD, featured 2
first-year male KING EIDERS; on Jan 29, a female COMMON EIDER was
present there. On the 30th a KING EIDER and several COMMON EIDERS were
present at the Ocean City Inlet. While a single HARLEQUIN DUCK was
also at the Inlet on the 30th, six HARLEQUIN DUCKS were observed at
the CBB/T, Northampton Co, VA, on Jan 29. Four were also seen Jan 29
at Indian River Inlet.
The lake at Black Hill RP, Montgomery Co, MD, held an adult
RED-THROATED LOON and 2 EARED GREBES Jan 29. A RED-NECKED GREBE was
seen Jan 29 on Lake Anna, VA where Rt. 208 crosses the lake from
Spotsylvania to Louisa Co.
Two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were found in Frederick Co, VA on Jan 29, one a
few miles north of Winchester, the other, which has been seen several
times since Christmas, was south of Middletown at the Cedar Creek
Battlefield. The one north of Winchester was again seen on Jan 30.
Two MERLINS were observed on Perryman peninsula in Harford Co, MD on
Sunday, January 30, 2005. The first was found near the intersection
of Chelsea and Michaelsville Roads prior to the railroad bridge while
the second was seen about a mile further south on Chelsea Road near
the Constellation power plant.
The same day there was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on a pier at the
marina just south of the Lake Anna Dam (Louisa Co, VA).
Single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also seen at the Tidal Basin, SW
DC, on Jan 28 and at Black Hill RP on Jan 30.
A first-year GLAUCOUS GULL was found at the Prince William Co, VA,
landfill Jan 29.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were observed on Jan 29 at the Fort Hunt Park,
Fairfax Co, VA.
A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was discovered Jan 29 near Blandy Experimental
Farm, Clarke Co, VA; it was perched in bare trees a couple hundred
yards past the back gate.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to frequent wires in the vicinity of
Island Farm Rd, off Broadkill Beach Rd (Rte 16) in the vicinity of
Prime Hook NWR, DE, with the most recent sighting Jan 29.
On Jan 26, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS were spotted in DC, in the grass between
the Potomac River and Ohio Drive, near the turn-off for the FDR
Memorial. AMERICAN PIPITS were also seen in Queen Anne's Co and
Charles Co, MD.
SNOW BUNTINGS were discovered Jan 27, and relocated Jan 29 and 31, in
Queen Anne's Co; they were in a field across from the Centreville
Middle school, at the corner of Rte 304 and Rolling Bridge Rd.
A PINE SISKIN visited a yard in Talbot Co, MD, on Jan 25.
See Life Paulagics is running a pelagic trip on Saturday, Feb 26, from
Lewes, DE, to look for winter seabirds. The trip runs from 6:00 AM to
about 5:00 PM, and the cost is $110. For more information, call
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@xxxxxxx. 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@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 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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