Birders,
Nice to see the Whimbrels on the Western Shore. Looked thru the Semiplamated
Plovers but could not find a Piping Plover.
georgeandrosemarie harris
Bethel Beach, Mathews County, Mathews, Virginia, US
Aug 3, 2015 7:38 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: GBH-RLH
31 species
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Brown Pelican 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 4
Little Blue Heron 1 white phase
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Clapper Rail 2
Semipalmated Plover 110 counted carefully
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Whimbrel 3 Large waders with long decurved bills
Ruddy Turnstone 1 Larger than Dunlin, black and white head and bib
Sanderling 4
Western Sandpiper 3 About 6- 6.5 inches, black legs, rufous in wings
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Least Tern 101
Royal Tern 4
Sandwich Tern 2
Black Skimmer 16 Sitting on sandbar, easily counted
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Pine Warbler 1
Seaside Sparrow 2 Dark sparrow with yellow lore, singing.
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 12
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