This afternoon (Friday) while birding the Beasley Tract of the Princess Ann
WMA in southern Virginia Beach with Calvin Brennan, I found a Glossy Ibis
feeding with a flock of 20 White Ibis. The number of White Ibis was down from
the 55 I observed in the same location on Tuesday. Today there were many more
ducks than there were on Tuesday including Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall, Northern
Shovelers, Mallard, American Black Duck. Shorebirds included Greater and
Lesser Yellowlegs, a Solitary Sandpiper which was probably the same one I found
on Tuesday, Killdeer, and a Wilson's Snipe. An Orange-crowned Warbler was
feeding in the nearby hedgerow.
At the Colechester Rd site of Back Bay NWR we heard at least five Virginia
Rails calling. Not much else was there.
Robert L. Ake
6603 Catherine Street
Norfolk VA 23505
I did an ABA Big Year in 2010 - If you'd like to review it, my blog is at
http://bobsbirds.blogspot.com/
