Today the Hampton Road Bird Club visited southern end of the Eastern Shore
starting with the Kiptopeke banding station and traveling to the Oyster
landfill, Oyster inlet, Magotha Rd, Ramp Rd, and finishing at Island #1. The
banding station was very active and gave us great views of many warbler
species such as Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Palm, Magnolia and
Yellow-breasted Chat. The landfill afforded nice looks at Black-crowned
Night-Herons
(both immature & adult), Little Blue Herons (both immature & adult) and
several waterfowl including Pied-billed Grebe, American Wigeon, Ruddy Ducks,
American Black Ducks and Coots. Hundreds of Tree Swallows were swirling at
the landfill and Oyster inlet. One of the last birds we found was an
immature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Island #1. A truly great day of
birding. The complete list of 77 species is listed below.
Dave Youker
HRBC
Yorktown, VA
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ringed-bill Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpole Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
