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> Subject: DC Area, 6/22/04
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> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               6/22/04
> Coverage:           MD/DC/VA/DE
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> This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon 
> Naturalist Society. This tape was made Tuesday, June 22, at 1 p.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are PURPLE GALLINULE* in MD and 
> SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER in VA. 
> 
> Other birds of interest include YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 
> TUNDRA SWAN, MISSISSIPPI KITE, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, VIRGINIA 
> RAIL, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, 
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, and DICKCISSEL.  
> 
> The PURPLE GALLINULE at Hughes Hollow in Montgomery Co, MD, 
> was spied again on June 17--but could not be relocated on 
> June 18, 19, or 20. [Hughes Hollow is reached by taking River 
> Rd 16 miles north and west from I-495, to a left turn onto 
> Hughes Rd.] Also in the impoundments at Hughes, one and two 
> COMMON MOORHENS.
> 
> Far to the south and west of DC, in Roanoke, VA, a 
> SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen June 18 and 19 in the 
> vicinity of the Countryside Golf Course [DeLorme 42, B3]. 
> Various parts of the golf course can be viewed from Frontage Rd. 
> 
> YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were in evidence June 17 and 18 
> at Hughes Hollow and adjacent Hunting Quarter Rd. A 
> YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON nest was reported June 19 from 
> Windsor Mill Rd in Baltimore City.
> 
> A TUNDRA SWAN was swimming up the Potomac in the vicinity of 
> Chain Bridge, NW DC, June 17.
> 
> The KITES of Elkton, Cecil Co, MD, are no more, apparently 
> disappearing along with the cicadas. But a MISSISSIPPI KITE 
> was seen June 20 at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA, 
> where it was actively diving and feeding over the woods 
> beyond the snags across from the observation tower.
> 
> NORTHERN BOBWHITE were noted at numerous MD locations, 
> including in Howard Co and along Oak Grove Rd in eastern 
> Caroline Co. The jackpot was the St Michaels area of Talbot 
> Co, where BOBWHITES were singing at nine locations on June 
> 20, while at least 14 BOBWHITES were heard at different areas 
> the following day. 
> 
>  A VIRGINIA RAIL and a SORA were heard at Blandy Experimental 
> Farm, Clarke Co, VA, June 18.
> 
> A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found along Rte 600 near 
> Kiptopeke SP, Northampton Co, VA, on June 20.  
> 
> A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was found June 20 by atlasers in Carroll Co,
MD.
> 
> A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was feeding young along the C&O Canal 
> in the vicinity of milepost 6, Montgomery Co, on June 17.
> 
> A pair of DICKCISSELS was found June 16 in Carroll Co; they 
> were in a weedy field on the east side of Basehores Mill Rd, 
> 0.3 mile NW of Mayberry (DeLorme 73, B6].
> 
> A pelagic trip is scheduled for Aug 28 out of Lewes, DE. For 
> more information, contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 
> or check their web site at www.paulagics.com.
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOSPREY, 
> VA-Bird, and Delaware Birds list servers.
>  
> Claudia Wilds' book, Finding Birds in the National Capital 
> Area, is an excellent source of directions to many birding sites.
> 
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> 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.
>