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Joe Coleman
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Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 5:38 PM
Subject: DC Area, 9/21/04
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 9/21/04
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
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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 $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, Sept 21, at 4:30 p.m.
Top birds this week are LONG-TAILED JAEGER and CAVE SWALLOW in VA.
Other birds of interest include WHITE IBIS, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, GOLDEN
EAGLE, MERLIN, shorebirds including UPLAND SANDPIPERS and AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, PARASITIC JAEGER, terns, BLACK SKIMMER, COMMON
NIGHTHAWK, CHIMNEY SWIFT, SELASPORUS HUMMINGBIRD, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER,
LARK SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
One of the teams participating in the Kiptopeke Challenge sighted a
LONG-TAILED JAEGER at Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA flying towards the
Hampton Roads harbor on Sept 18. On Sept 19 an observer on Nansemond
River, Suffolk, VA watched an immature LONG-TAILED JAEGER slowly
working its way towards the James River.
At least three, and probably more, CAVE SWALLOWS, were confirmed
flying over the hawkwatch at Kiptopeke SP (Cape Charles), Northampton
Co, VA on Sept 19.
The immature WHITE IBIS previously reported at Blue Mash Nature Trail,
northeastern Montgomery Co, MD, was seen through Sept 18 but has not
been reported since then. It was in one or another of two ponds
accessed from the gravel path leading from the parking lot on Zion Rd
(north of Rte 108 in Olney).
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS made a major push through the area last week with
numerous sightings, not just from hawkwatches, but from pocket parks
and people's backyards.
An early GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in Culpeper Co, VA flying over Rt. 615
near the entrance to the Correctional Center on Sept 18.
MERLINS were seen in large numbers in Northampton Co, VA with 35
sighted at the Eastern Shore of VA NWR on Sept 17 and even more in
other parts of the county. At least 15 were also seen in the NWR on
the 18th and 19th.
Sod farm fields along Newby's Shop Rd in Culpeper Co, VA, held 15
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS on Sept 18.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen on Sept 18 at the entrance to the Patton
Turf Farm, south of White's Ferry in western Montgomery Co, MD while a
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen there on Sept 15.
At least two UPLAND SANDPIPERS were heard calling overhead as they
flew over an apartment complex near the East Falls Church, VA metro
station heading south the evening of Sept 17.
A dark morph sub-adult PARASITIC JAEGER was observed in Rock Hall
harbor, Kent Co, MD on Sept 17 and 19. On the 17th it was seen taking
a bath among gulls and on the 19th it was observed flying towards Love
Point.
Two ROYAL TERNS were seen Sept 18 by an observer watching COMMON and
FORSTER'S TERNS on the Potomac River at Violette's Lock, C&O Canal NP
in Montgomery Co, MD.
A BLACK SKIMMER was observed on Sept 19 buzzing FORSTER'S and ROYAL
TERNS along Morgantown Rd at the Potomac River in Charles Co, MD.
Small numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were sighted at various locations
during the week though their migration appears to be winding down.
CHIMNEY SWIFTS continued to be seen in substantial numbers throughout
the area, especially near their larger roosts in the District, in
Baltimore City, the Oakton Elementary School, Fairfax Co, VA and at
the Luther Jackson Middle School, near the intersection of Arlington
Blvd (Rte 50) and Gallows Rd in Fairfax Co.
A probable Selasphorus Hummingbird briefly visited some cardinal
flowers in a yard in Annandale, VA on Sept 18.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in several locations last week
including Fort C. F. Smith Park, Arlington Co, VA on the 14th and the
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun Co, VA on the 18th. A
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also seen at Dyke Marsh, Fairfax Co, VA on
Sept 19.
A sign of fall was a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER seen in a yard in
Towson, Baltimore Co, MD on Sept 19.
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at the Eastern Shore of VA NWR on
Sept 19.
On Sept 19 a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen along Rt. 600 north of the
Eastern Shore of VA NWR.
PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported from several locations during the
week with one at the New York Monuments at the Manassas National
Battlefield Park, Prince William Co, VA on Sept 17 and two on the
19th. PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were also seen at Rock Creek Park, DC and
at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun Co, VA on Sept 19.
Another was reported on Sept 20 at Riverbend Park.
Migrant warbler observations in the area increased over the weekend
with several reports from Rock Creek Park in DC and in MD; Upper Watts
Branch Park, Montgomery, Co, MD; Fort C. F. Smith Park, Arlington Co,
VA; Riverbend Park, Fairfax Co, VA; the New York Monuments at Manassas
National Battlefield Park, Prince William Co, VA; and at the Banshee
Reeks Nature Preserve.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found behind the bunkers at the Eastern
Shore of VA NWR, Northampton Co, VA on Sept 19. On Sept 20 a first
year CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Terrapin Point Park on Kent
Island, Anne Arundel Co.
A first year MOURNING WARBLER was well-seen at a home on Cedar Creek
in Shenandoah Co, VA on Sept 15.
A LARK SPARROW flew into, and then back out of the net at the
Kiptopeke SP's banding station on Sept 16.
A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was seen at Dyke Marsh on Sept 19.
While the CONNECTICUT WARBLER that had been seen at Riverbend Park,
Fairfax Co, VA on Sept 20 could not be relocated on the 21st, a
LINCOLN'S SPARROW was sighted there along with some SWAMP SPARROWS.
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were also reported from Howard Co, MD on Sept 20,
A pelagic trip is scheduled for Oct 23 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'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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