Location: Chincoteague NWR, 11:45 a.m. - ca. 4:00 p.m.
Observation date: 9/9/10
Notes: Marv Rubin found WCPI at 1:00 p.m. or so, and it stayed around the
normal spot until about 2:30. The bird was in a flock of mixed Anas (including
both Mallard and Blue-winged Teal showing leucism, present several days); it
eventually walked out of the water, and no bands were present on the legs. No
sign of the Garganey, but many birds had their heads submerged, feeding. Two
Peregrines worked the flock, but the young male seemed to be hunting Pectoral
Sandpipers rather than Blue-winged Teal, favored by the adult female.
Beautiful
day. Remarkable that Green-winged numbers have spiked, Blue-winged
dropped, just in
a few days. Are they moving to parts of the refuge not accessible to the public?
Number of species: 66
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 39
Gadwall - Anas strepera 9
American Wigeon - Anas americana 2
American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 28
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) - Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos 1
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 245
Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors 160
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 35
White-cheeked Pintail - Anas bahamensis 1
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta 52
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca 385
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 5
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 7
Great Egret - Ardea alba 45
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula 120
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea 8 (one calico)
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis 60
Green Heron - Butorides virescens 2
White Ibis - Eudocimus albus 4
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus 4
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 6
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus 4
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus 3
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus 2
Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola 1
American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica 3
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 13
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus 16
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca 2
Willet (Western) - Tringa semipalmata inornata 4
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 17
Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa 3
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 5
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla 10
White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos 14
Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus 1
Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla 130
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 3
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 40
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 3
Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia 35
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo 1
Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri 125
Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus 8
Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis 6
Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger 56
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 3
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 3
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 2
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 4
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 1
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 25
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 45
Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 1
Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis 1
Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus 20
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 8
Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 30
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 1
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