Yesterday morning, Tina Trice and I had hoped to go to Hog Island WMA in
Surry County to look for shorebirds. However, it was closed to public
access. Not sure why? The Fish and Game web site says it's open from
sunrise to sunset daily at this time of year. Anyway, we hit plan B and
went to nearby Chippokes Plantation State Park. It was our first time
there and it was nice. Highlights included 7 CATTLE EGRETS, single
GRASSHOPPER and SAVANNAH SPARROWS, ROYAL TERN on the James River and a nice
flock of about 50 BOBOLINKS. A complete list follows. Good birding.
Adam D'Onofrio
Dinwiddie County
Canada Goose 2
Wild turkey 1
Northern Bobwhite 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Cattle Egret 7
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 2
Killdeer 1
Laughing Gull 1
Royal Tern 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great-crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 6
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 6
Northern Parula 6
Yellow Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 8
Bobolink 50
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 4
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 2
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