THE BIRD PAGE. A mix of telephoto lens shots and video grabs.

Townsend's Warbler2,

Townsend's Warbler3,

Montgomery Co. MD, 10 MARCH 2006
Townsend's Warbler, Fred. Co. MD, 3 JAN 2006
adult Little Gull 24 MAR 2007 Potomac River
Sooty Terns and Royal Tern, Hurricane Ernesto, Violette's Lock MD
NEW: Australian Birds (under construction)
Common Mergansers breeding in Montgomery Co, 27 APR 2006
Pacific Loon, Ocean City MD, 15 MAY 2001.
Pacific Loon, Hains Point DC, 25 MAY 1998. Found by Rob Hilton. It remained until June.
Pacific Loon, Clopper Lake, Montgomery CO MD. Found by Dave Powell. 29 MAY-2 OCT 2002.
Eared Grebe, Potomac River at Seneca MD, 2 MAY 1995. Mary Ann Todd found this bird.
Eared Grebe 26 NOV 2004, Little Seneca Res. Montgomery Co MD
Eared Grebe 11 APR 2006 Violette's Lock, MD
Eared Grebe, Hains Point, Washington DC, 13 April 2002, found by Paul Pisano
Audubon's Shearwater, Baltimore Canyon MD.

....Brown Pelican at  the Tidal Basin Wash. DC Found by Rob Hilton/Lisa Shannon 3/21/04
Great Cormorant, Little Seneca Res. MD 22 APR 1994. Rare on the MD piedmont.
Western Reef-Heron, Nantucket, 23 JUL 1983.

White Ibis, Little Seneca Reservoir, Montgomery Co MD JULY 2002. Taken with Sony Mavica CD300 and Eagle Eye Optic Zoom lens.
 Pink-footed Goose, near Oley PA, with Snow Geese from Bylot ID, 30 MAR 1997.
White-fronted Goose, JAN 2001, Washington DC.
White-fronted Goose 17 DEC 2005 Potomac River, Washington D.C.

Bill yellow-orange, and longer than the bird above, suggesting flavirostris from Greenland. But head and chest not as dark or as gray as in many photos from Europe.
near Richardson's Canada Goose, Little Seneca Reservoir MD, 23 JAN 2003
near Richardson's Canada Goose, 2 FEB 2002 Hunting Creek VA
Harlequin Duck on the Maryland piedmont, DEC 2000-FEB 2001. Video grabs. 
Northern Goshawk, Cape May Point.
Sandhill Crane, 25 NOV 2004 Montgomery Co MD. Found by Dave Powell
....American Avocet, Lake Needwood, Montgomery CO MD, 21 JUL 2002.
Northern Lapwing, 13 FEB 2005, Fred Co. MD
Long-billed Curlew, Gwyn Park MD, 1 SEP 1987.
Baird's Sandpiper, Cape May Point.
Curlew Sandpiper 9 AUG 2004 Assateague Island MD
Curlew Sandpiper, Chincoteague VA, MAY 1987.
Pomarine Jaeger, Potomac River at Seneca, 8 JUL 1990. Paul O'Brien found this bird.
..Long-tailed Jaeger, juv, Baltimore Canyon MD, 28 SEP 1991.
 ....Laughing X Ring-billed hybrid, Ocean City MD JAN 1995.
California Gull, Conownigo Dam MD, 7 FEB 1999.

Gull page-recent gulls..Thayer's, Glaucous
thayeri --kumlieni intergrade? 7 JAN 2001, Washington DC.
Adult Little Gull, one of two at Seneca, MD on 27 APR 2001. Both in alternate plumage. With Bonaparte's Gulls, compare bill and hood. Potomac River, at the head of Violette's rapids. About 1000x video grab through the Questar.
Adult Little Gull on the piedmont, Sycamore Landing, Potomac River, MD, 6 APR 2001. 20x through the trees with the video camera.
 ..Ross's Gull, Back River MD, 4 MAR 1990. Found by Gene Scarpulla.
Ross's Gull, Indian River DE, 16 NOV 1996. Found by Mary Gustafson and Bruce Peterjohn.
Roseate Tern, 4th Street Flats, Ocean City MD, 7 JUN 1992.
..Arctic Tern, Potomac River at Violette's Lock, 18 MAY 1999. This bird remained for a few hours.
Whiskered Tern, Little Creek DE, 13 AUG 1993.
.. A kettle of 35 Black Terns, soaring over Violette's Lock MD
......Snowy Owl DEC 2000, Frederick Co. MD.
Black-chinned Hummingbird at the Smithsonian's Ripley Garden, 22 NOV 2003. Found by Laura Farron. Banded by Mary Gustafson.
Rufous Hummingbird at the Smithsonian's Ripley Garden, 30 NOV 2003. Banded by Mary Gustafson.
Selasphorus at the Ripley Garden, 19 DEC 2004
Rufous and Ruby Throated Hummingbirds Nov 2000, Worcester Co. MD.
Lewis's Woodpecker, Loudon CO VA, 9 JAN 1988.
Vermilion Flycatcher, Assateague MD, 29 SEP 1991.
Ash-throated Flycatcher in DC 11-12NOV 2001, Found by Rob Hilton and Lisa Shannon
..Ash-throated Flycatcher, 5 DEC 1992, Blackwater MD. Found by Ottavio Janni.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Antietam MD, 11 OCT 1987.
Fork-tailed Flycatcher in flight, St Mary's CO MD, 23 SEP 1997.
Brown-chested Martin, 8 NOV 1997, Cape May Point.

 

Museum skins
 ..Violet-green Swallow, Cape May Point, 25 OCT 1997.
Cave Swallows at Cape May Point. Photos taken on various dates in November, over a number of years.
Cave Swallows, P. f. pelodoma, 28 NOV 2004, Little Seneca Res., Montgomery Co MD, found by John Hubbell
Cave Swallow web page.
Bohemian Waxwing, 14 FEB 1994, Worc. CO MD. Found by Mark Hoffman.

..Bohemian Waxwing Queen Anne's Co MD FEB 2004

 
Rock Wren, Cape May Point, 1 JAN 1993.
Northern Wheatear, Cape May Point, 5 OCT 1996.

Northern Wheatear, Choptank River, Caroline CO MD, 13 SEP 1990. Found by Michael O'Brien.
 Northern Shrike, JAN 2001, Mont. CO MD.
Bell's Vireo video grabs, Cape May NJ, 5 JAN 2002
Audubon's Warbler, South Point, Worc. CO MD 30 DEC 1994. I think Rick Blom found these birds.
Black-throated Green Warbler, 18 DEC 2004, Frederick Co MD. Eating insects out of the gutters.

Connecticut Warbler, Battery Kemble Park DC, 14 SEP 1993.
Lark Bunting in flight, Bayside, Assateague MD, 5 SEP 1994. Identified as it bolted out of a bush at the tip of Bayside. Later refound in the campground, by Mark Hoffman.

LeConte's Sparrow, Gray's Creek, Worc. CO MD, 9JAN 1994. I think Rick Blom found this bird.

LeConte's Sparrow, Taylor's Landing,Worc. CO MD, 2 APR 1994.

..Dark-eyed Junco, near mearnsi, Hazen Park, Washington DC, 14 MAR 1984. Blue hood, black lores, extensive pink sides, but hood seems dark, back too reddish.

"Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow, 12 NOV 2001, Black Hill Park, MD. The bill was brighter yellow than shown.

"Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow, 19 OCT 2001 Cape May Pt NJ. Bill brighter yellow, lores more extensively pale.

..Smith's Longspur, Island Beach NJ, 21 OCT 1995.
Snow Bunting in flight, Cape May -Lewes Ferry.
Cormorant

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