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> From: Steve Cordle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:58 PM
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> Subject: DC Area, 8/30/2005
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> 
> Hotline:            Voice of the Naturalist
> Date:               8/30/2005
> 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, August 30, at 
> 3:30 p.m.
> 
> Top birds this week are MISSISSIPPI KITE and RUFF, both in VA. 
> 
> Other birds of interest include seabirds, AMERICAN WHITE 
> PELICAN, AMERICAN and LEAST BITTERNS, AMERICAN KESTREL, SORA; 
> shorebirds including AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, UPLAND 
> SANDPIPER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED KNOT, WHITE-RUMPED, BAIRD'S, 
> and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and WILSON'S and RED-NECKED 
> PHALAROPES; jaegers; SANDWICH, BRIDLED, and BLACK TERNS; 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWK, WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, OLIVE-SIDED and other flycatchers, 
> LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, SEDGE WREN, and GOLDEN-WINGED and other
warblers. 
> 
> MISSISSIPPI KITES were again winging over their two Northern 
> Virginia haunts on Aug 28. A single bird was observed in 
> Annandale, Fairfax Co, west of I-495 and north of Braddock 
> Rd. Four MISSISSIPPI KITES--2 adults and 2 juveniles--were 
> aloft in the Waynewood subdivision in southeastern Fairfax 
> Co. All these birds can be expected to depart soon.
> 
> A RUFF was reported Aug 27 from Chincoteague NWR, Accomack 
> Co, VA; it was with an assortment of shorebirds in Snow Goose
Pool. 
> 
> The Aug 27 pelagic out of Lewes, DE, found CORY'S and 
> AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, more than 550 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 
> RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and PARASITIC JAEGER. A fishing/birding 
> trip the day before also scored GREATER SHEARWATER, LEACH'S 
> STORM-PETREL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, and BRIDLED TERN. 
> 
> An Aug 28 Harford Bird Club trip to Conowingo Dam turned up 
> an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN on the Susquehanna River; it sat 
> for about 3 hours near Bird Island (the second large island 
> downstream from the dam). Also in the area: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS.

> 
> An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was sighted Aug 23 at Ted Harvey 
> Conservation Area, DE--as were 4 BLACK TERNS.
> 
> An AMERICAN BITTERN was found Aug 24 at the Harrison Rd pond, 
> Fauquier Co, VA. Two probable AMERICAN BITTERNS were spotted 
> Aug 24 near Boyd's Cove on South River, Anne Arundel Co, MD.
> 
> A family of AMERICAN KESTRELS--2 adults, 2 immatures--has 
> taken up residence on a building at the corner of Connecticut 
> and Rhode Island Avenues, NW DC; they can be seen catching 
> insects on the wing and even dropping down onto the sidewalk 
> on Rhode Island.
> 
> An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was found Aug 28 and 29 at fields 
> of the Patton Turf Farm on River Rd, south of White's Ferry, 
> Montgomery Co, MD; these fields also hid 2 BUFF-BREASTED 
> SANDPIPERS on the 28th. A third BUFF-BREASTED was among 
> KILLDEER at the polo grounds on Hughes Road, Montgomery Co.
> 
> Among 24 species of shorebirds tallied by the ANS trip to the 
> Eastern Shore Aug 27 and 28 were 6 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at 
> the Central Sod Farm on John Brown Rd, Queen Anne's Co, MD; 1 
> AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER in a 
> field just south of Leipsic, DE; and, at Shearness Pool, 
> Bombay Hook NWR, DE, 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and 1 BAIRD'S 
> SANDPIPER. 
> 
> The weekly tour of Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD, 
> scored 21 shorebird species, in including 33 BUFF-BREASTED 
> SANDPIPERS and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, as well as 2 LEAST 
> BITTERNS and a SORA. 
> 
> On Aug 29, John Brown Rd hosted 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and 
> 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS.
> 
> As many as 8 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS have been seen through 
> Aug 29 near the Woodward Turf Farm, south of Remington in 
> southwestern Fauquier Co, VA. The birds were in a field along 
> Grassdale Rd, on the right past the drive into the farm house 
> on the right. In addition to hundreds of KILLDEER, the fields 
> held WILSON'S SNIPE and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. 
> 
> Ten UPLAND SANDPIPERS were found along Grassdale Rd Aug 25 and 26.
> 
> In neighboring Culpeper Co, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were 
> found Aug 25 through 29 on Newby's Shop Rd about 200 yards 
> north of Kelly's Ford Rd.  
> 
> On Aug 28, the ORV zone of Assateague Island, Worcester Co, 
> MD, featured 1 WHIMBREL, 4 MARBLED GODWITS, and 8 SANDWICH TERNS.
> 
> A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found Aug 26 at Chincoteague's Swan 
> Cove Pool; a MARBLED GODWIT was spotted at Chincoteague Aug 27.
> 
> A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found Aug 25 at Bombay Hook's Raymond 
> Pool, along with an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, while a MARBLED 
> GODWIT was found at Shearness Pool Aug 23. On Aug 29, a 
> HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted at the north pond of Ted Harvey.
> 
> A RED KNOT continued at Swan Harbor Farm Park, Harford Co, 
> MD, through Aug 27, along with a STILT SANDPIPER.  
> 
> A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was discovered Aug 25 picking through a 
> potato field south of Bombay Hook, at the intersection of Rte 
> 9 and Edgewater Farm Rd; it was still present Aug 28.
> 
> A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER spotted Aug 25 at the pond on Williams 
> Rd, Cecil Co, MD, was still present Aug 30.
> 
> The WWTP in Hurlock, Dorchester Co, MD, held a BUFF-BREASTED 
> SANDPIPER, and a BLACK TERN, on August 28. 
> 
> A basic-plumaged WILSON'S PHALAROPE was still at the Rte 50 
> borrow pit west of Salisbury, Wicomico Co, MD, on August 28.
> 
> Two, perhaps 3, WILSON'S PHALAROPES were feeding at the 
> impoundments on Broadkill Beach Rd, DE, on Aug 28.
> 
> COMMON NIGHTHAWKS continue to entertain at various area 
> venues, including Van Ness St, NW DC; Vienna, Fairfax City, 
> and Fall Church in Northern Virginia; and, in MD, Bethesda in 
> Montgomery Co and the Johns Hopkins stadium in Baltimore.
> 
> Through Aug 27, WHIP-POOR-WILLS were calling along Old 
> Hanover Rd, Baltimore Co.
> 
> An immature RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, sporting an unusual 
> brown-and-white plumage, was discovered at Rock Creek Park's 
> Maintenance Yard, NW DC, Aug 28.
> 
> Some 13 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, as well as an OLIVE-SIDED 
> FLYCATCHER, were found Aug 28 at Sky Meadows SP, Fauquier Co; 
> they were at the edge of Walnut Grove, the open woods just 
> north of the contact station. On Aug 26 an OLIVE-SIDED 
> FLYCATCHER visited a yard in Howard Co, MD.
> 
> An Aug 26 visit to Occoquan NWR, Prince William Co, VA, netted a
> YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in a bare tree next to the gazebo.   
> 
> YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was one of a small mixed group of 
> breeders and migrants at along Freezeland Rd in Thompson WMA, 
> western Fauquier Co, on Aug 26; most of the birds were just 
> south of the southernmost parking lot.
> 
> Highlight of the monthly walk at the Blue Ridge Center in 
> northwestern Loudoun County, VA, on Aug 27, was a well-seen 
> LEAST FLYCATCHER. 
> 
> A SEDGE WREN was pished up Aug 23 at Ted Harvey, just past 
> the gate to the Bay. 
> 
> A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was one of several migrants seen Aug 
> 24 at the Rock Creek Park Maintenance Yard, along with a 
> YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Sixteen species of warblers--and 
> an assortment of Emipds--were found Aug 25 at Middle Patuxent 
> Environmental Area, Howard Co. A hatch-year MOURNING WARBLER 
> was the highlight of the weekly Sunday walk at Dyke Marsh, 
> Fairfax Co. Riverbend Park in Fairfax Co was another focus 
> for migrant warblers. 
> 
> On Oct 22, See Life Paulagics is running an 11-hour trip out 
> of Lewes, DE. For more information, contact them at 
> 215-234-6805 or check their web page at paulagics.com. 
> 
> Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the 
> MDOSPREY, VA-Bird, and DE Birds 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.
> 
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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.
>