Jenny Gaden & I birded at Craney Island (Portsmouth) this morning. We watched a
single juvenile BLACK TERN feeding in front of us. The number of AMERICAN
AVOCETS continues to increase there as we counted 17. We saw two phalaropes
which I think were Wilson's but they were so far off that I'm not 100% sure.
Shorebird species and numbers have increased since I was there a few weeks ago.
We also saw Black-bellied & Semipalmated Plovers; Killdeer; Greater & Lesser
Yellowlegs; Willets; Ruddy Turnstones; Semipalmated, Western, & Least
Sandpipers; and Short-billed Dowitchers. The complete species list follows.
Rexanne Bruno
Lynchburg, VA
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Location: Craney Island Disposal Area
Observation date: 8/18/08
Number of species: 31
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret X
Little Blue Heron 2
Osprey X
Black-bellied Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover X
Killdeer X
American Avocet 17
Greater Yellowlegs X
Willet X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper X
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
phalarope sp. 2
Laughing Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 2
Caspian Tern 1
Black Tern 1
Royal Tern X
Mourning Dove X
Barn Swallow X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
