Today I took my weekly trip to Chincoteague. I arrived at 1pm and enjoyed a
productive hawk watch from the top of the lighthouse. Birds seen from the
lighthouse are as follows,
Bald Eagle 2
Turkey Vulture 15
Black Vulture 19
Sharp shinned Hawk 2
Northern Harrier 1
Osprey 4
Red shouldered Hawk 2
Red - tailed Hawk 3
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 3 ( one working the ducks at Snow Goose Pond )
Double -crested Cormorant 150
after spending 2 hours at the light house I drove to the wildlife loop. When I
arrived at the White cheeked Pintail spot ( South west corner of Snow Goose
Pond ) I met up with the VSO's Fall field trip and soon after found the Pintail
dabbling away with the rest of the flock. I was able to take some great
pictures and video through my scope I stayed with the White-cheeked Pintail
from 3:30 to 7 PM. While watching this wonderful duck I was able to see the
legs and feet well and there was no sign of a leg band or cut hind toe.
other birds at Snow Goose Pond are the following
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 15+
Tricolored Heron 4
Little Blue Heron 5
Cattle Egret 15
Green Heron 6
Ducks I didn't count.
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Wing Teal
White -cheeked Pintail 1
Northern Pintail
N. Shoveler
Bald Eagle 2
Osprey 1
Semipalmated Plover 5
American Golden Plover ( Heard flying over around 7)
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Wilson's Phalarope 1 ( seen briefly )
Pectoral Sandpiper 10+
Laughing Gulls
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
50+ Birdwatchers
Now I have more info to write in my VARC rare bird report on the White -cheeked
Pintail.
Birding forever
Jennifer Elmer
Pocomoke City MD
