A couple of days at Chincoteague resulted in the following list.
Wednesday afternoon and yesterday were warm with sunny conditions and
very light winds from the south. Over night the wind strengthened and
switched to the North-east.
Highlights included a Golden Eagle spooking the Snow Geese and a single
Cackling Goose with the geese. There were also reasonable numbers of
waterfowl (there is SOME water in the Snow Goose Pool).
Clapper Rails were obvious at low tide with six being seen yesterday,
often in the open.
Around the Woodland Trail, at least 18 Red-breasted Nuthatch were found,
by far the most numerous bird!
Four Lesser Black-backed Gulls were on the beach but the increase in
wind due to the approach of Noel turned the shore into a sand storm this
morning. Out to sea, the waves became spectacular, many Gannet were
seen and Scoter movement (Surf and Black) was much more numerous than
yesterday.
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Regards,
Rob Young
Alexandria, VA
(max. daily counts)
Snow Goose 4000
Cackling Goose 1
Canada Goose 75
Gadwall 25
American Wigeon 30
American Black Duck 150
Mallard 50
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 13
Northern Pintail 200
Green-winged Teal 300
Lesser Scaup 7
Surf Scoter 300
Black Scoter 200
Bufflehead 13
Ruddy Duck 80
Common Loon 6
Horned Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 75
Brown Pelican 25
Double-crested Cormorant 250
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 25
Snowy Egret 30
Little Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Turkey Vulture
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Golden Eagle 1
Clapper Rail 6
Black-bellied Plover 4
Killdeer 10
American Oystercatcher 3
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Sanderling 40
Dunlin 50
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Forster's Tern 40
Royal Tern 30
Black Skimmer 25
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 200
Carolina Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
Brown-headed Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler 80
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 4
Snow Bunting 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 2
