Below are the results of our weekly shorebird/gull survey conducted at
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Sat May 12, 2012. All water areas
(impoundments and beach areas) were covered in a 8-1/2 hour survey. All
individuals are counted for the target species; other birds seen or heard on
the survey are X'ed. The vast majority of shorebirds are in areas accessible to
the public (Wildlife Loop, and water areas along Beach Road).
Joelle Buffa and Clyde Morris
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Bobwhite X
Wild Turkey X
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 97
Brown Pelican 6
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Little Blue Heron X
Tricolored Heron X
Cattle Egret X
Green Heron X
Glossy Ibis X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey X
Bald Eagle X
Clapper Rail X
Black-bellied Plover 53
Semipalmated Plover 1,228
Piping Plover 17
Killdeer 3
American Oystercatcher 14
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Greater Yellowlegs 70
Willet 18
Lesser Yellowlegs 36
Whimbrel 66
Ruddy Turnstone 33
Red Knot 2
Sanderling 660
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2,225
Least Sandpiper 99
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 895
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 1,548
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 14
Herring Gull 153
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
Great Black-backed Gull 38
Least Tern 26
Gull-billed Tern 5
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 38
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 5
Mourning Dove X
Red-headed Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Eastern Phoebe X
Great Crested Flycatcher X
Eastern Kingbird X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Bank Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat X
Pine Warbler X
Yellow-throated Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Field Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Blue Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole X
