Below are the results for the shorebird and gull survey for Chincoteague
NWR. All of the impoundments and beaches were included in this 6 hour
survey. Birds that were not counted are indicated by presence only (--).
Snow Goose 30
Canada Goose --
Tundra Swan 5
Blue-winged Teal --
Northern Shoveler --
Gadwall --
American Wigeon --
Mallard --
American Black Duck --
Northern Pintail --
Green-winged Teal --
Surf/Black Scoter --
Bufflehead 1
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Red-throated Loon 6
Common Loon 8
Pied-billed Grebe 19
Double-crested Cormorant 448
Great Blue Heron --
Great Egret --
Snowy Egret --
Little Blue Heron --
Tricolored Heron --
White Ibis --
Black Vulture --
Turkey Vulture --
Sharp-shinned Hawk --
Bald Eagle --
American Coot 220
Black-bellied Plover 16
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 3
Sanderling 601
Dunlin 371
Greater Yellowlegs 160
Willet 40
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Laughing Gull 13
Ring-billed Gull 176
Herring Gull 970
Lesser Black-backed Gull 81
Great Black-backed Gull 60
Forster's Tern 19
Royal Tern 15
tern sp. 1
Black Skimmer 6
Rock Pigeon 2
Belted Kingfisher --
Northern Flicker --
American Kestrel 1
American Crow --
Tree Swallow --
Carolina Chickadee --
Brown-headed Nuthatch --
Carolina Wren --
Golden-crowned Kinglet --
Eastern Bluebird --
American Robin --
European Starling --
Yellow-rumped Warbler --
Dark-eyed Junco --
White-throated Sparrow --
Song Sparrow --
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal --
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Red-winged Blackbird --
Boat-tailed Grackle --
