I spent a couple hours in the eastern part of Seaford this morning, mostly
along Bay Tree Beach Rd. The tide was almost out, and the Clapper Rails
were actively feeding. Two groups, one of 4 and one of 5, were feeding in
the channel and in the roadside ditch...a total of 13 for the day. These
rails were very accommodating, allowing me to view them for 20 minutes or more
and from as close as 25 feet. Other notables for this Western Shores
Marsh IBA were 2 American Black Ducks and 2 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows.
Complete list below.
Dave Youker
Yorktown, VA
Bay Tree Beach Rd, Seaford, York, US-VA
Nov 19, 2011 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Most time spent on Bay Tree Beach Rd but other areas of
eastern Seaford covered
32 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 28
American Black Duck 2
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Loon 11
Horned Grebe 2
Brown Pelican 9
Great Blue Heron 6
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 13 Almost at low tide. Unusually cooperative for
rails...viewed for 20 minutes while feeding in the open. Group of 4 seen
feeding
in marsh channel, and group of 5 seen in ditch along marsh. Others were
singles seen/heard.
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Ring-billed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 4
gull sp. 6
Mourning Dove 12
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 33
Yellow-rumped Warbler 57
Nelson's Sparrow (Atlantic Coast) 2 positive ID on 2, but 3 other
probables seen
Song Sparrow 1
House Finch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
