Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!PimaCC.Pima.edu!CWILLIAMSON From: CWILLIAMSON@PimaCC.Pima.edu Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: HOTLINE: (S) eastern Message-ID: <736928A3B2BF6001B7@Arizona.EDU> Date: 27 Jun 90 00:59:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 758 Area 6 ... Eastern Birding HOTLINES #14 20-Jun-90 12:04pm is from Chuck Williamson to Dc Area #15 20-Jun-90 07:03pm is from Chuck Williamson to Maryland #16 21-Jun-90 08:51am is from Chuck Williamson to New Jersey #17 22-Jun-90 04:52pm is from Chuck Williamson to Maine #18 23-Jun-90 08:39pm is from Chuck Williamson to Cape May Nj #19 23-Jun-90 08:46pm is from Chuck Williamson to Maryland #20 25-Jun-90 08:45am is from Chuck Williamson to Philadelphia #21 25-Jun-90 05:42pm is from Chuck Williamson to Virginia Contributions to the list are always welcome and should be sent in MAIL format to BIRD_RBA@ARIZVM1. Please note that this is not intended to be a general chat list. 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If this appears to be a problem for you, send subscription messages to: LISTSERV%ARIZVM1.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU and hotline transcripts to: BIRD_RBA%ARIZVM1.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU ECHO area 6 ... Eastern Birding HOTLINES Select: From: Chuck Williamson To: Dc Area Msg #14, 20-Jun-90 12:04pm Subject: Voice of the Naturalist, 6/20/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative From: "Norman C. Saunders" Subject: DC-area, 6/20/90 The Voice of the Naturalist a transcript of the tape prepared on Wednesday, June 20, at Noon ************************************ The majority of our news for this week continues to be of birds breeding in and around the Washington area. Unfortunately the HENSLOW'S SPARROWS, reported from Virginia on last week's Voice, were not relocated this week. Unsuccessful attempts to find them were made by several people, both late Friday evening and early Saturday morning. There is good news, however, from Garrett County, MD. The MOURNING WAR- BLERS reported last week at Table Rock were seen again on Sunday, June 17, as were NASHVILLES and HOODEDS. To locate the birds, go 2.5 miles on Rt. 50, east of the intersection with Rt. 219 and turn south on Table Rock Road. Park after 1 mile and walk up a gravel road toward the Roth Rock Fire Tower at the top. Halfway up the road bends to the right and enters the woods. On the left are some clearcut areas. Continue past an area apparently once used for parking by logging trucks, for about 500 yards. You will come to another clearcut area on the left where the birds are. Also in western Maryland, this time in Allegany County, a family of RUFFED GROUSE was found on Green Ridge Road about 9 miles south of U.S. Rt. 40 across from a cow pasture. The male was drumming nearby. Three miles farther south on Green Ridge a SOLITARY VIREO was singing on ter- ritory. CERULEAN WARBLERS were present along the entire route. In Washington County, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were reported again from Blair Mountain Valley Lake, as was a nesting VESPER SPARROW. Closer to home, a BLUE GROSBEAK was singing from a power line tower on White Grounds Road in Montgomery County, 2.1 miles south of the inter- section with Clopper Road. Also in Montgomery County, 3 CATTLE EGRETS were seen on Sundown Road, 0.3 miles east of Zion Road. In Prince George's County, a BREWSTER'S WARBLER was found in the Largo area. Our reports from Virginia are as follows: a PINE SISKIN was seen visit- ing a feeder in Sterling; in Quantico an adult BALD EAGLE was located and a COMMON LOON in breeding plumage was still at Bull Run. Finally this week the following birds were found at Huntley Meadows CP: an EAST- ERN BLUEBIRD, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, plus 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 LEAST BITTERN, and one adult AMERICAN BITTERN with 2 juveniles on their nest. A highlight at Huntley Meadows CP was 4 adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS accompanied by one immature bird. One of the adults and the immature were standing on the boardwalk eying a large black snake while birders stood quite nearby. ************************************ On Saturday, June 23, there will be a drift boat trip along the Patuxent River led by John Bjerke. There is a 15-person limit and reservations are required. Call John at 301-963-8525. ************************************ The Voice of the Naturalist is a weekly service of the Audubon Natural- ist Society of the Central Atlantic States, and is summarized here with their permission. Call the tape directly at (301) 652-1088. To report bird sightings, call the ANS at 652-9188 or 652-5964 from 9-5, Monday through Friday. This printed summary is provided as a service of The Osprey's Nest, a computerized bulletin board run for birders by birders in the Washing- ton, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The Osprey's Nest may be reached at (301) 989-9036, in Colesville, MD. Your communications parameters should be set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Good Birding! From: Chuck Williamson To: Maryland Msg #15, 20-Jun-90 07:03pm Subject: Wingtips, 6/20/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative From: Les Eastman Subject: HOTLINE: Harford County, Maryland, 6/20/90 Wingtips brought to you by the Harford County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society A Summary of the Tape Prepared On Wednesday, June the 20th The EAGLETTES have fledged from the nest located on Stafford Road in Darlington, Harford County, MD. One, the larger of the two, took its first flight on Tuesday, June the 19th at 4:30 PM, just as a thunder storm, heavy winds and rain had started, but it did just fine. The oth- er fledged sometime between 8 PM Tuesday evening and 9:15 Wednesday morning, June the 20th. This is a very slow time of year for rare sightings. If you have any interesting reports, don't hesitate to call Wingtips at (301) 838-4427. The next scheduled birding trip is this Saturday, June the 23rd, to Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax, VA. Possible nesting LEAST BITTERNS, AMERICAN BITTERNS, GREBES, PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS. KING RAILS have been said to feed along the boardwalk in the broad daylight. Meet at the Rt. 152 and I-95 Park & Ride at Joppa, Harford County, MD, at 6:30 AM. This is an all day trip, so bring your lunch. This will be led by a local, Ed Weigel. The coordinator is Ran- dy Robertson at (301) 273-9029. And now we will hear from our friend the Voice of the Naturalist. [ The tape of the Voice of the Naturalist follows. ] This tape is changed regularly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Rare reports and updates on them are made in between as soon as possible. Reporting from MD, PA, DE, VA, NJ and the DC area. To report your bird sitings and trips, call (301) 838-4427. This is June Vaughn thanking you for calling and wishing you Happy Birding! ******************************************************************** Wingtips may be called directly at (301) 638-0290 ******************************************************************** From: Chuck Williamson To: New Jersey Msg #16, 21-Jun-90 08:51am Subject: New Jersey, 6/20/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative From: "Norman C. Saunders" Subject: New Jersey, 6/20/90 The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Transcript of the Tape Made On Wednesday, June 20 ********************************* This tape contains reports of CURLEW SANDPIPER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, CASPIAN TERN, PINTAIL, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, ALDER FLYCATCHER, seasonal and local reports of interest, and reports from the southwest Morris County Breeding Bird Count held on June 10. A CURLEW SANDPIPER in breeding plumage was at Brigantine NWR on the north dike on the dogleg on June 15. Also at Brigantine NWR, CASPIAN TERN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PINTAIL by the boathouse, and CHUCK-WILL'S- WIDOW at dusk. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was in the South Cape May Meadows on June 15 and 10 BROWN PELICANS were over the bunker at Cape May the same day. Four SKIMMERS were at Sandy Hook, at North Beach, during the week. CLIFF SWALLOW and SPOTTED SANDPIPER were on the Warkill (???) this week. The southwest Morris County June Breeding Bird Count held on June 10 produced 111 species including 17 species of warblers, 37 CUCKOOS, 9 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, and all 6 SWALLOWS, as well as BALD EAGLE. Five ALDER FLYCATCHERS are along Bartley Road in Long Valley, especially down toward the Rt. 24 end near the river, down a dirt road. ALDER FLYCATCHERS are also on Duffy Road, a left turn heading north from Chester on 206 by a tavern. Proceed left on Duffy Road to the bridge over a stream, and look along the stream for the ALDER FLYCATCHERS. The CROSSBILLS from Rt. 515 were not reported to the tape this week but it may be that no one is looking. HERMIT THRUSH and JUNCO are audible at Cusa (???) Bog in High Point State Park; PURPLE FINCHES are common on Rt. 515 in Stokes State Forest and in High Point State Park. The next regular tape change will 3 July 1990, a Tuesday. Thank you for calling and happy birding! ********************************* The transcript of the Voice of New Jersey Audubon is normally provided to NBHC subscribers by Laurie Larson. I'm filling in for her this week during her absence. ...Norm Saunders --- * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16) SEEN-BY: 300/16 From: Chuck Williamson To: Maine Msg #17, 22-Jun-90 04:52pm Subject: Maine 6/20/90 From: DHAINES%BAT.BATES.EDU@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.EDU Subject: HOTLINE: Maine, 6/20/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative You have reached the bird alert sponsored by Maine Audubon in Falmouth on Wednesday, June 20. The bird of the week is a BLACK-NECKED STILT, first reported last Friday at Scarborough Marsh. The bird moves around in the marsh and has been seen on several occasions from Eastern Road across from the second pond. The bird was present at least through the 19th. The BLACK-NECKED STILT is a southern and western species and has been reported on only two other times in Maine in the last 100 years. Other birds in the Marsh this week include: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, SNOWY EGRETS, GLOSSY IBIS, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN- WINGED TEAL, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, WILLETS, and numerous SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS. In the new development off Eastern Road, almost at Route 1, there was an INDIGO BUNTING. Another INDIGO BUNTING was reported on Rocky Hill Road, which is (?) on Flagg Pond Road in Saco. In Cape Elizabeth on Spurwink Marsh there was a TRICOLORED HERON, GLOSSY IBIS, SNOWY EGRET, and BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. At Capisic Pond in Portland there were WILLOW and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, NORTHERN and ORCHARD ORIOLES, a SORA RAIL, BLACK- BILLED CUCKOOS, WOOD DUCKS, and a WARBLING VIREO. The LEAST BITTERN was present at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth through at least the 18th. Elsewhere in the state, at Drake's Island in Wells there are at least 18 pair of PURPLE MARTINS. At the Kennebunk Blueberry Barrens off McGuire Road the following were reported: 25 pairs of GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, FIELD, VESPER, SAVANNAH, and SONG SPARROWS, 15 CEDAR WAXWINGS, SCARLET TANAGER, UPLAND SANDPIPERS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS, HORNED LARKS, PURPLE FINCH, BOBOLINKS, LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 2 TURKEY VULTURES, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK. In East Harpswell there were 4 GLOSSY IBIS. And in Cushing a pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS are nesting in Camden. In Bangor at the Bangor Dam near the brick smokestack there are between 700 and 800 CHIMNEY SWIFTS present at dusk. 25 PINE SISKINS are still coming to a feeder in Bangor and 6 PINE SISKINS are still being reported in Wilton. In Deblois, off Bligh Road, SPRUCE GROUSE were seen this week. In Houlton BLACKBURNIAN, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and MAGNOLIA WARBLERS are nesting and KILLDEER have hatched young. In Bridgton the EASTERN BLUEBIRDS are already busy with their second nesting. Campobello Island, for anyone heading Downeast, has some interesting birding. From the boardwalk through the Eagle Hill Bog there are nesting LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, PALM WARBLERS, WILSON'S WARBLERS, and BOREAL CHICKADEES. CAPE MAY and BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS can be found along the woods at the edge of the bog. Our final Saturday morning birdwalk will be held this week at Scarborough Marsh. Join us on the 23rd at 7 am at the Nature Center on Route 9. This tape will next be updated on Tuesday, June 26. Please leave messages after the beep, along with the date, your name, and phone number. Thank you for calling Maine Audubon and happy birding! [beeeeeeeeeep] --- * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16) SEEN-BY: 300/16 From: Chuck Williamson To: Cape May Nj Msg #18, 23-Jun-90 08:39pm Subject: Cape May NJ 6/23/90 The Cape May Birding Hotline -- a service of the Cape May Bird Observatory and the New Jersey Audubon Society Summary of the tape prepared June 23rd Highlights of the week include WILSON'S STORM PETREL, SOOTY SHEARWATER, CURLEW SANDPIPER, BARN OWL, CASPIAN TERN, GULL-BILLED TERN, AMERICAN BITTERN, SEDGE WREN, WESTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, local nature notes, and news of CMBO's summer programs. A WILSON'S STORM PETREL was seen from shore on June 16th at 2nd Avenue Jetty at 8:30 A.M., and 3 were seen at the Concrete Ship at 2:30 P.M. on the same day. The birds were feeding very close to shore - a rare treat for such a pelagic bird, or bird of the open ocean. Another report came in of petrel being seen in the Delaware Bay the weekend of June 16-17. A time for pelagics in the bay, it seems. The morning of June 23rd, a SOOTY SHEARWATER was seen at the Concrete Ship, flying out of the bay. A CURLEW SANDPIPER was seen at Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge on June 15th. The bird was seen from the North Dike, and was described as 'mostly all red.' Also at Brigantine, the family of BARN OWLS using the peregrine hack box was enjoyed on June 15th. Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge held both CASPIAN and GULL-BILLED TERN on June 15th, and the South Cape May Meadows held both GULL-BILLED and ROYAL TERNS on June 23rd. An AMERICAN BITTERN was flushed from the South Cape May Meadows on June 23rd by a mosquito spray plane. AMERICAN BITTERN is threatened as a breeding bird in New Jersey. Nest sites are quite rare. Could AMERICAN BITTERN be nesting in the South Cape May Meadows, with the recent lush, wet conditions? A belated report came in of a SEDGE WREN at Moore's Beach on June 11th. The bird was on the left side of the road near the first tidal pool. The WESTERN KINGBIRD was again seen in the South Cape May Meadows on June 15th. The GREAT CORMORANT discovered June 7th sitting on the Concrete Ship, continues to be seen at the same location. Most recently reports came in for June 16th, 22nd and 23rd. One observer noted that when the bird was seen airing it's wings, the right wing seemed to have no primaries. As reported on last week's hotline, the reason we are seeing so few BROWN PELICANS this summer was a winter storm that hit the Carolinas last December that lasted 36 hours. It kept thousands of BROWN PELICANS from feeding for those 36 hours, resulting in death due to starvation. A large portion of the wintering BROWN PELICAN population was affected. Many PIPING PLOVER also perished during this winter snow storm. BROWN PELICAN reports for this week follow - ten flew by the South Cape May Meadows on June 15th, two were seen at the Concrete Ship on June 23rd and 2 were seen in Hereford Inlet on June 23rd. Local nature notes for this week follow. Chicory is in bloom all along the roadsides in Cape May and Cape May Point. It's the large, blue daisy-like flower. It's root is often mixed with coffee. The bright pink pea-like flowers blooming now are everlasting pea. The vine trumpet creeper is about to bloom now, much to the delight of hummingbirds, it being one of their favorite foods. Nomadic flocks of CEDAR WAXWINGS are being seen throughout the county. One flock frequents the woods over CMBO headquarters. Another enjoys the Cape May Point State Park trails, and another flock is being seen daily in Goshen. Young OSPREY can be seen in the nest now, being fed by their parents. OSPREY are a daily sight feeding over Lily Lake, successfully catching gold fish in the lake. The nesting PIPING PLOVER in the South Cape May Meadows have successfully hatched 4 chicks as of June 12th. The 1st LEAST TERN chick hatched on June 14th. CMBO's summer program schedule is now available, offering a variety of activities including bird watching courses for beginners, a nature photography workshop, bird walks for beginners, shorebird ID mini- workshop, butterfly walk, hummingbird field trip, a Bennett Bog wildflower walk, and a number of other field trips. Summer program schedules are available. Call the CMBO office for an information packet. ----------------------------------------------------------- The Cape May birding hotline is a service of the CMBO and may be reached by phone at (609) 884-2626. Updates are made on Thursday evenings or more often if warranted. To report sightings of rare or unusual birds, call (609) 884-2736. The CMBO is a research and education unit of the New Jersey Audubon So- ciety. Our aim is to perpetuate and preserve the ornithological signif- icance of Cape May. For more information regarding Cape May birding and the observatory, write to the CMBO at: Cape May Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3 Cape May Point, NJ 08212 This printed summary is provided as a service of The Osprey's Nest, a computerized bulletin board run for birders by birders in the Washing- ton, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The Osprey's Nest may be reached at (301) 989-9036, in Colesville, MD. Your communications parameters should be set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Good Birding! rm --- * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16) SEEN-BY: 300/16 From: Chuck Williamson To: Maryland Msg #19, 23-Jun-90 08:46pm Subject: Wingtips 6/22/90 From: Les Eastman Subject: HOTLINE: Harford County, Maryland, 6/22/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative Wingtips brought to you by the Harford County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society A Summary of the Tape Prepared On Friday, June the 22nd Not rare, but interesting, are 7 HUMMINGBIRDS, 4 males at one time and 3 females at one time, was visiting a feeder hung on a gazebo at 4034 Wil- kinson Road in Havre de Grace, MD, which is adjacent to Susquehanna State Park near the camping area. You are welcome to come sit at the gazebo and see the action just 4 feet away. They are using a solution which is basically 1 part sugar to 3 parts wa- ter with no food coloring. They just fill a 1 cup measuring cup to 1/4 with sugar and fill it up the rest of the way with warm water - not hot - and stir it up, and fill the feeder and immediately watch the action. Here's an inexpensive Hummingbird feeder you can make in a jiffy. Take a small jar, like a baby food, pickle or jelly jar with a tight lid. Make a small hole in the top of the lid with a nail about the size of a wooden match stick. Don't forget to hammer down the inside edges of the hole so it won't be sharp or rough, then with water resistant red paint, paint a flower around the hole on the lid. It doesn't matter how well the art work is - the hummingbird is attracted to the red color. Using a pliable wire, wrap it around the neck of the jar to hang it up by and fill it with the solution just previously mentioned. The EAGLETTES have fledged from the nest located on Stafford Road in Darlington, Harford County, MD. One, the larger of the two, took its first flight on Tuesday, June the 19th at 4:30 PM, just as a thunder storm and heavy winds and rain had started, but it did just fine. The other fledged sometime between 8 PM Tuesday evening and 9:15 Wednesday morning, June the 20th. Amongst the great numbers of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS seen at the Conowingo Dam in Harford County, MD this week, were about 30 immatures. The HENSLOW'S SPARROWS that were reported last week from Virginia could not be found late Friday evening and Saturday morning, the 15th and 16th. Directions to see MORNING, HOODED and NASHVILLE WARBLERS in Garrett County, MD at Table Rock are on the Bethesda hotline at (301) 692-1088. Also reported on that hotline were directions for a family of RUFFED GROUSE in Alleghaney County in western MD on Green Ridge Road about 9 miles south of US Rt. 40 across from a cow pasture. And a male was heard drumming near by. Just 3 miles further south on Green Ridge Road a SOLITARY VIREO was singing on territory. The next scheduled birding trip is tomorrow morning, Saturday, June the 23rd, to Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax, VA. where a PIED-BILLED GREBE, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, 2 LEAST BITTERNS, one adult AMERICAN BITTERN with 2 juveniles on the nest, and 4 adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 1 immature was standing on the boardwalk eyeing a quite large black snake, all seen just this week. Meet at the Rt. 152 and I-95 Park & Ride in Joppa, Harford County, MD, at 6:30 AM. This is an all day trip, so bring your lunch. This will be led by a local, Ed Weigel. The coordinator is Randy Robertson at (301) 273-9029. And now we will hear from our friend from the Philadelphia Birdline. [ The tape of the Philadelphia Birdline follows. ] This tape is changed regularly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Rare reports and updates on them are made in between as soon as possible. Reporting from MD, PA, DE, VA, NJ and the DC area. To report your bird sitings and trips, call (301) 838-4427. This is June Vaughn thanking you for calling and wishing you Happy Birding! ******************************************************************** Wingtips may be called directly at (301) 638-0290 ******************************************************************** --- * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16) SEEN-BY: 300/16 From: Chuck Williamson To: Philadelphia Msg #20, 25-Jun-90 08:45am Subject: Philadelphia 6/22/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative From: "Norman C. Saunders" Subject: Philly, 6/22/90 The Philadelphia Birdline A Service of the Academy of Natural Sciences A Summary of the Tape Prepared On Friday, June 22 ***************************** Birding activity in our area continues to be very quiet with most birds busy breeding and attending to their young. This edition contains information on some of the more interesting birds breeding in our area. First we have news of Pennsylvania's noteworthy breeding birds. Two male YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were found singing in the Pocono Lake Preserve in Monroe County on Wednesday, June 20. YELLOW-BELLIED FLY- CATCHERS have not been found as breeders in this area for many years. This actually is the first time since the 1920s that the bird has been found breeding in the Pocono Mountains. Other interesting Pennsylvania reports include a LEAST BITTERN at Tinicum NWR this morning, Friday June 22. The VIRGINIA RAIL, mentioned on previous BirdLine tapes, is still in the Tinicum vicinity. There is an update of the BALD EAGLE nest at Muddy Run in southern Lancaster County--a single young bird was still in the nest as of Tuesday June 19 when it was observed by staff at Muddy Run. The area where the nest is located is off-limits to the public. CLIFF SWALLOWS are breeding at the power plant at Muddy Run. They seem to be the most visible swallows breeding in that area this season. Additional notable breeders for southern Lancaster County include good numbers of BLUE GROSBEAKS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS, and WHITE-EYED VIREOS. There are also abundant numbers of ORCHARD ORIOLES in the southern Lancaster County area. The flock of WOOD DUCKS reported on last week's BirdLine continued this past week at the flyash pond at Muddy Run. Approximately 40-50 WOOD DUCKS were noted. PEREGRINE FALCONS are nesting at five bridges along the Delaware River, as far north as the Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge. Young have been fledging at most of the nests although one young bird was found dead this past week. The cause of death is unknown at this point in time. Good birds for New Jersey this past week include a CURLEW SANDPIPER in breeding plumage at Brigantine NWR on June 15. It was along the north dike. There is good news of the PIPING PLOVERS breeding along the southern New Jersey coast--two chicks were observed at the South Cape May Meadows yesterday, June 21. Other New Jersey birds include a NORTHERN PARULA at Jakes Landing on June 16. It was in the second pine grove. Ten BROWN PELICANS were observed in flight over the bunker at the Cape May Point SP on June 15 and a WESTERN KINGBIRD was still present at the South Cape May Meadows on June 15. Well, that concludes this edition of the Philadelphia BirdLine. This edition has been prepared by Christine Bush, filling in for Armas Hill, who is enroute to Spain for a birding trip there. Thank you for calling and good birding. ***************************** The Philadelphia Bird Line may be called directly at (215) 567-2473. Send your sighting reports to Armas Hill, c/o the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th St. and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 or call them in to (215) 299-1181 during the day. This printed summary is provided as a service of The Osprey's Nest, a computerized bulletin board run for birders by birders in the Washing- ton, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The Osprey's Nest may be reached at (301) 989-9036, in Colesville, MD. Your communications parameters should be set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Good Birding! --- * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16) SEEN-BY: 300/16 From: Chuck Williamson To: Virginia Msg #21, 25-Jun-90 05:42pm Subject: Virginia 6/25/90 Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative From: "Norman C. Saunders" Subject: Virginia, 6/25/90 The Virginia BirdLine A Service of the Virginia Society of Ornithologists Transcript of Tape Prepared on Monday, June 25th at 5:00 am ************************************** Highlights include PIPING PLOVER at Roanoke, AMERICAN BITTERN, LEAST BITTERN, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, and KING RAIL at Huntley Meadows near Alexandria, ALDER FLYCATCHER at Grayson-Highland State Park near Marion. A PIPING PLOVER was present on June 23rd at the Roanoke Sewage Treatment Plant in Roanoke. To reach this area from Interstate 81, take Interstate 581 south to the Elm Avenue, or Route 24, exit. Go east on Elm Avenue to 13th Street and then turn right. Go approximately 1 mile then turn left onto Carlisle Street, just after crossing the bridge. Go 1 block to Spruce Street, and turn left again. Go 1 block to Brownlee Avenue, and turn left. Continue to the main parking lot. If this is your first visit, register. If you have checked in before, or if the office is closed, take the 1 track road to the sludge pond. If the gate is closed, but unlocked, you may let yourself in. Otherwise you will have to proceed on foot. ALDER FLYCATCHERS were present at Grayson-Highland State Park last week near Marion. To reach this area from Interstate 81 near Marion, take Route 16 east to Route 58. Turn right and proceed for 3 miles to the park entrance along Route 361, which would be on your right. The FLYCATCHERS were seen in Sullivan Swamp, a short hike across the pasture from Matthews Gap. Finally, there was a report of a RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER sighting near Waverly, in Sussex County, on June 19th. However, it is the policy of the Birdline not to give specific directions to endangered or threatened species. Marsh birds still present and easily observed at Huntley Meadows last week include 5 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS (4 adults and 1 immature), 2 LEAST BITTERNS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, and 2 KING RAILS with large, downy young, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE. To reach this area from Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, take U. S. Route 1 south. Continue for about 3 miles to Lockheed Boulevard. Turn right on Lockheed. Then proceed to the entrance for Huntley Meadows on your left at the 90 degree bend in the road. Park in the lot here, and take the trail through the woods to the boardwalk over the marsh. Thanks go to Mike Donohue, Robert Hilton, and Joe Sidrang for their reports this week. ************************************** To report bird sightings, leave your information at the end of the BirdLine tape (804-929-1736), or call Mike Boatwright at 804-929-1418 before 10:00 p.m. Please leave your name, the date and time of your call, and a number at which I can reach you for more information. Once again, thank you for calling the Virginia BirdLine! This printed summary is provided as a service of The Osprey's Nest, a computerized bulletin board run for birders by birders in the Washing- ton, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The Osprey's Nest may be reached at (301) 989-9036, in Colesville, MD. Your communications parameters should be set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Good Birding! --- * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16) SEEN-BY: 300/16 [21] Highest: 21 ECHO area 6 ... Eastern Birding HOTLINES Select: l14