While observing my FOS Laughing Gull at Messick Point today, I heard the
familiar chatter of House Sparrows and the chink of a Downy Woodpecker. The
Downy was trying to drive off 3 House Sparrows from a recently excavated
hole in a nearby tree. The Downy was holding his own, but the chatter
attracted other House Sparrows and the Downy was soon outnumbered 8 to 1.
Several sparrows entered the hole, and the Downy relinquished the fight.
Lesser Yellowlegs were present in good numbers near the marina while
Forster's Terns commandeered the pilings.
Dave Youker
Yorktown, VA
Messick Rd.--Back Cove, Poquoson, US-VA
Mar 15, 2013 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
37 species
Canada Goose 6
Bufflehead 18
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 11
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 34
Dunlin 21
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster's Tern 18
Rock Pigeon 10
Downy Woodpecker 1
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 19
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Boat-tailed Grackle 24
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Sparrow 8
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