I birded Craney Island today with Tina Trice, Fenton Day, Arun Bose and John
Fox. It was a good day with 18 species of shorebirds and 7 species of terns,
nothing terribly unusual. A PEREGRINE FALCON loafing on the flats was also
noted. The list of shorebirds and terns follow. Good birding.
Adam D'Onofrio
Dinwiddie Co.
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet (24)
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
White-rumped Sandpiper (2)
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper (2)
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope (2)
Phalarope sp. (8)
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Gull-billed Tern (1)
Least Tern
Black Tern (3)
