All - Yesterday (Thursday) a local birder spotted and photographed a male and
female Black Scoter on the Maury River just up-stream from Buena Vista. These
two birds represent the county record. Several of us headed out today to look
for the birds. Earlier this morning, Kerry Kilday located the female BLSC but
not the male. I headed over to BV this afternoon to look for the Black
Scoters. I met up with Kerry and ran into Bob Epperson and Jim Elder who were
looking for the scoters. We only found the female. She spent most of the time
in the middle of the Maury between the beginning of the Chessie Trail and the
lock that is just before the cow pasture. Hopefully the male will show back
up. Kerry spent some time checking the river near Glen Maury - no Black Scoter
but he did find two female Goldeneyes in the river. These two birds represent
our county record so many thanks to Mary Harrington for reporting them to us.
I have posted a few photos on Flickr if you're interested in seeing the scoter:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vmibiology/
Dick Rowe
VMI Biology Dept.
