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Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist Date: 9/12/2017 Coverage: MD/DC/VA Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist Date: 9/12/2017 Coverage: MD/DC/VA/central and southern DE/WV panhandle Reports, comments and questions: [email protected] Compiler: Gerry Hawkins Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States (independent of NAS) Transcriber: Steve Cordle Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular user of the Voice of the Naturalist (Senior $35; Individual $50; Family $65; Nature Steward $100; Audubon Advocate $200). 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.anshome.org/. This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon Naturalist Society. This report covers the week starting Tuesday, September 5 and was completed on Tuesday, September 12 at 8:15 a.m. Information on noteworthy birds is presented below in taxonomic order, as set forth in the American Ornithological Society Checklist for North and Middle American Birds, as revised through the 58th Supplement (July 2017). The top birds this week were SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER* in MD, SABINE’S GULL* in DC and MD, FRANKLIN’S GULL* in MD, ROSEATE SPOONBILL* in VA, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in MD and WESTERN TANAGER* in VA. Other birds of interest this week included TRUMPETER SWAN, BLACK SCOTER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, WHIMBREL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED KNOT, STILT, BAIRD’S, WHITE-RUMPED and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, WILLET, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S and RED- NECKED PHALAROPES, PARASITIC JAEGER, GULL-BILLED and BLACK TERNS, RED-THROATED and COMMON LOONS, TRICOLORED HERON, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, GOLDEN EAGLE, OLIVE-SIDED, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN, CLAY-COLORED, LARK and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS, GOLDEN-WINGED, CONNECTICUT, MOURNING and CERULEAN WARBLERS and DICKCISSEL. TOP BIRDS A continuing first Maryland record SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER* was seen again at Swan Creek Wetland-Cox Creek DMCF (restricted access) in Anne Arundel Co, MD on September 5 and 6 and possibly on September 7. A juvenile SABINE’S GULL* that was spotted on September 4 over hydrilla mats in the Potomac River (DC waters) from the Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria, VA was seen all week from there and adjacent but inappropriately-named Daingerfield Island. Incredibly, another young SABINE’S GULL* was observed over the Potomac River from Sycamore Landing on the C&O Canal in Montgomery Co, MD on September 7-11 and farther upriver at Edwards Ferry in Montgomery Co on September 11. Finally, on September 8 yet another young SABINE’S GULL was photographed on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD. On September 11 a birder reported seeing a FRANKLIN’S GULL* with LAUGHING GULLS along the Patuxent River near Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Prince George’s Co, MD. On September 5 a ROSEATE SPOONBILL* was seen again at Back Bay NWR, Virginia Beach, VA. Highlights during the week at Swan Creek Wetland-Cox Creek DMCF (restricted access) in Anne Arundel Co, MD included two YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS on September 6. Another YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was picked out of a large flock of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD on September 8. On September 7 a WESTERN TANAGER* was found in a mixed species flock at the Kiptopeke SP Hawkwatch in Northampton Co, VA. OTHER BIRDS OF INTEREST On September 10 three banded TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at a local pond near the Environmental Studies on the Piedmont, Clifton Farm field station (private access) in Fauquier Co, Virginia, where they are resident. Several species of migratory dabbling ducks, including BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GADWALL and NORTHERN PINTAIL, were seen at various locations in the reporting area during the week. Migratory diving ducks included BLACK 2 SCOTERS at several locations, including five individuals along 9119 Bay Avenue in North Beach, Calvert Co, MD on September 6; two individuals on Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD on September 8; and one individual at the Ocean City Inlet in Worcester Co, MD on September 6. Non-raptor highlights at the Kiptopeke SP Hawkwatch in Northampton Co, VA on September 9 included a flyover BLACK- BILLED CUCKOO. Birders who visited Swan Creek Wetland-Cox Creek DMCF (restricted access) in Anne Arundel Co, MD to see the above-noted SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER also enjoyed seeing a wide variety of other shorebirds, with noteworthy sightings including a single AMERICAN AVOCET on September 5-8 and 11; a single AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER on September 6, 7 and 11; three HUDSONIAN GODWITS on September 5-7; a high of 54 STILT SANDPIPERS on September 5-8 and 11; a high of five BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS on September 5-7; a high of six WHITE- RUMPED SANDPIPERS on September 5-8 and 11; and a high of three WILSON’S PHALAROPES on September 5-7 and 11. High numbers of AMERICAN AVOCETS continued at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE and the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth, VA, with a high of 100 and 450 individuals reported at these respective locations on September 7. Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD also hosted a large number of AMERICAN AVOCETS, with 89 individuals counted there on September 8. A single AMERICAN AVOCET was seen along 1000 Kembo Road in Anne Arundel Co, MD on September 6. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were found at several locations. In Virginia sightings included a high of nine individuals at Staunton River SP in Halifax Co and Staunton Public Use Area in Mecklenburg Co on September 5, 6, 8 and 9; 1-2 individuals at a pond along Oakwood Drive in Rockingham Co on September 6, 9 and 11; and one individual at the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth on September 7. Sightings of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in Maryland included four continuing individuals at the Aldino Sod Farm in Harford Co on September 5 and a single individual at the Harford Co Airport on September 5. On September 10 an uncommon WHIMBREL was photographed in flight at Sandy Point SP in Anne Arundel Co, MD. A single HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, 3 DE on September 7, 9 and 10. Away from the coast a single RED KNOT was seen on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD on September 8 and the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth, VA on September 7. An inland STILT SANDPIPER was found in the Potomac River (DC waters) from a location near Tide Lock Park in Alexandria, VA on September 8; at the Hunting Creek Bridge in Fairfax Co, VA on September 9; and at Rocky Gorge Reservoir-Browns Bridge in Howard Co, MD on September 9 and 10. A single BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was spotted at the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth, VA on September 7 and the Log Cabin Road turf farm in Wicomico Co, MD on September 11. Sightings of the similar WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER included a reporting area high 26 individuals counted on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD on September 8; a high of four individuals at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE on September 7, 8 and 10; five individuals at a turf farm along Log Cabin Road in Wicomico Co, MD on September 8; five individuals at the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth, VA on September 7; two individuals at Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR in Northampton Co, VA on September 10; and a single continuing individual at Staunton River SP in Halifax Co, VA on September 7. Three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were found on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD on September 8. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS also continued at the Shiloh Church Turf Farm in Dorchester Co, MD, with a high of seven individuals seen on September 5, 8 and 9. Sightings of BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER in Virginia included two continuing individuals along 3066 to 4108 Lumber Mill Road in Dayton, Rockingham Co on September 6; two continuing individuals at the Staunton View Public Use Area in Mecklenburg Co on September 6; one continuing individual at the King Family Vineyard in Albemarle Co on September 7; and one individual at the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth on September 7. On September 5 six inland WILLETS were observed in flight at Leesylvania SP in Prince William Co, VA. On September 10 an unusually high number (228) of LESSER YELLOWLEGS was counted inland at Staunton River SP in Halifax Co, VA. On September 7 an area-high 50 WILSON’S PHALAROPES and 25 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were recorded at the Craney Island Disposal Area (restricted access) in Portsmouth, VA. Sightings of WILSON’S PHALAROPE also included two continuing individuals reported at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE on September 9; two individuals along 1000 Kembo 4 Road in Anne Arundel Co, MD on September 6; two individuals on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD on September 8; one individual at a turf farm along Log Cabin Road in Wicomico Co, MD on September 8; and one individual at Staunton River SP in Halifax Co, VA on September 5. Eleven RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were counted on Poplar Island in Talbot Co, MD on September 8, and 1-2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen again in the Potomac River (DC waters) from the waterfront in Alexandria, VA on September 5 and 8. Observers at the Kiptopeke SP Hawkwatch in Northampton Co, VA on September 6 were surprised to see a PARASITIC JAEGER in flight over land. The only GULL-BILLED TERNS reported in the reporting area during the week were two individuals at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA on September 8.
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