Below are the results of our weekly shorebird/gull survey conducted at
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday June 12, 2012. All water areas
(impoundments and beach areas) were covered in a 6 hour survey. All individuals
are counted for the target species; other birds seen or heard on the survey are
followed by a dash. Many shorebirds, are in areas accessible to the public
(Wildlife Loop, and water areas along Beach Road). Shorebird migration has
past, but an interesting find was the 2 American Avocets on Snow Goose Pool on
the Widlife Drive. Lesser Black-backed gulls were on Wild Beach, north of the
Beach Parking Lots
Joelle Buffa and Clyde Morris
Canada Goose --
American Wigeon --
American Black Duck --
Mallard --
Red-breasted Merganser --
Northern Bobwhite --
Wild Turkey --
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Brown Pelican 61
Great Blue Heron --
Great Egret --
Snowy Egret --
Little Blue Heron --
Tricolored Heron --
Cattle Egret --
Green Heron --
Black-crowned Night-Heron --
White Ibis --
Glossy Ibis --
Osprey --
Clapper Rail --
Black-bellied Plover 165
Semipalmated Plover 6
Piping Plover 14
Killdeer 14
American Oystercatcher 29
American Avocet 2
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Willet 81
Marbled Godwit 1
Ruddy Turnstone 7
Red Knot 147
Sanderling 108
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 2
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 183
Laughing Gull 964
Herring Gull 357
Lesser Black-backed Gull 69
Great Black-backed Gull 67
Least Tern 56
Gull-billed Tern 1
Common Tern 21
Forster's Tern 36
Royal Tern 3
Black Skimmer 38
Mourning Dove --
Great Crested Flycatcher --
Eastern Kingbird --
American Crow --
crow sp. --
Horned Lark --
Tree Swallow --
Barn Swallow --
House Wren --
American Robin --
Gray Catbird --
Brown Thrasher --
European Starling --
Song Sparrow --
Northern Cardinal --
Blue Grosbeak --
Red-winged Blackbird --
Eastern Meadowlark --
Common Grackle --
Boat-tailed Grackle --
Brown-headed Cowbird --
