sandee@fsu.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee) (06/01/90)
Date: Thu, 31 May 90 08:55:22 EDT
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The Voice of the Naturalist
a transcript of the tape prepared on
Wednesday, May 30, at 4:00 pm
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Highlights of this week's tape include FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK, CURLEW
SANDPIPER, OLIVE-SIDED and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, and many MOURNING
WARBLERS.
The 3 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS have been seen off and on through Saturday
at Bombay Hook NWR. On the 27th they were in the creek across from
Raymond Pool but they were not seen this morning. Heavy rains yesterday
on the coast filled impoundments from Bombay Hook NWR to Chincoteague
NWR. The last 2 of the 35 BLACK-NECKED STILTS at Bombay Hook NWR on the
24th were on an island in Bear Swamp this morning.
The creek and shoreline at Port Mahon, east of Little Creek, DE, are
still jumping with birds feeding on the horseshoe crab eggs, and the
CURLEW SANDPIPER was seen there around 4:00 yesterday afternoon.
The OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was still present at Pennyfield Lock on the
27th, and an ALDER FLYCATCHER was heard and seen on the 25th along the
C&O Canal, between Monocacy Aqueduct and Nolans Ferry, in Frederick
County. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was banded in Alexandria on the
28th.
A wave of MOURNING WARBLERS included one on Roosevelt Island, another in
Glen Carlyn Park, and a third at Sligo Creek Park on the 27th, and one
at Mid-Patuxent Environmental Area in Howard County, and one at Cape May
on the 28th. Several other migrant warbler species were seen at various
places, mostly BLACKBURNIAN, CANADA, and especially BLACKPOLL.
If you cannot locate the nesting CERULEANS at Riverbend and Great Falls
Parks in Virginia, you may be willing to drive to Thompson WMA, near
Linden, VA, where 5 males were on territory and easily seen on the 27th.
>From the beltway, go west 55 miles to the Linden Exit. Turn east on Rt.
55, 1-1/2 miles to 638 in Linden and north 6 miles to the wildlife area.
Park in parking area #7 and continue straight ahead on foot, on the
rough trail, where all the CERULEANS are.
Those who went out on the pelagic trip out of Virginia Beach last week
were rewarded with SOOTY, CORY'S, and MANX SHEARWATERS, WILSON'S and
LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and a long list of
interesting fish and sea mammals. On shore, a first-summer GLAUCOUS
GULL and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were at Rudee Inlet, and 4
BLACK-NECKED STILTS were at Back Bay NWR on the 26th.
Closer to home, interesting inland water birds include a CATTLE EGRET on
the 27th along New Design Road in Frederick County, perhaps a first for
that county, a COMMON MOORHEN at Lilypons on the 28th, along with the
resident LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE and 3-4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 3 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS as well as an AMERICAN PIPIT at Hains Point on the 27th, 5 BLACK
TERNS along the Shenandoah on the 27th, and a COMMON TERN at the pond at
Dulles Airport on the 29th.
Two UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen near Lucketts, in Loudoun County, VA, on
the 27th at the junction of Rts. 658 and 662, 1/2-mile northeast of the
Presbyterian Church.
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On Sunday, May 3, an all-day trip to Shenandoah NP will be led by Bill
Murphy. You must make reservations with him at 474-1880.
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