Hi Va-Birders,
Nineteen members of the Hampton Roads Bird Club spent Saturday, Oct. 11,
exploring the Eastern Shore for our October field trip. We tallied 91 species
and were excited about the diversity of birds we saw in the different
locations.
Two of us made a quick stop at the pond on Ramp Lane and found two immature
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and 34 WHITE IBIS, along with a lone PIED-BILLED
GREBE.
Even though it was windy at the Kiptopeke banding station, we were able to view
several warblers - CONNECTICUT, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, OVENBIRD and AMERICAN
REDSTART. We had a total of 12 warbler species for the day from all stops.
Other highlights included:
- An amazing number of Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrel, and Yellow-rumped
Warbler. Most of the Kestrels were seen in groups (one as large as 11) on Rte.
600 /Seaside Rd. between Oyster and Magotha Rd.
- FOS both Kinglets, White-throated Sparrow and DE Junco
- A lone Ring-necked Duck,several Amer. Black Ducks, immature Littler Blue
Heron and Snowy Egret at the Oyster landfill (which is undergoing major
construction but birders still have access)
- A large group of Marbled Godwit in Oyster, along with a few Lesser Yellowlegs
and Willets
- A single Dunlin among Sanderlings and Ruddy Turnstones on the rocks off the
beach in Cape Charles
- Fantastic looks at a stunning Peregrine Falcon flying fairly low at the end
of Magotha Road.
Complete list of species follows.
Meredith Bell
Hayes, VA
Location: Eastern Shore of Virginia
Observation date: 10/11/08
Notes: HRBC Field Trip on 10/11. Two members started at Ramp Lane, met group at
Kiptopeke, then to Oyster and landfill, then to Cape Charles, then Rte. 600 to
Magotha Road.
Number of species: 91
Canada Goose 82
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 12
Mallard 1
Ring-necked Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Brown Pelican 37
Double-crested Cormorant 58
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 13
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
White Ibis 34
Black Vulture 66
Turkey Vulture 21
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 57
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 42
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Killdeer 8
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Willet 9
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Marbled Godwit 85
Ruddy Turnstone 27
Sanderling 16
Dunlin 1
Laughing Gull 28
Ring-billed Gull 78
Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 145
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 18
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 16
Eastern Phoebe 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 115
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 168
Carolina Chickadee 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 8
House Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Mockingbird 6
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 243
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 148
Pine Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 4
Ovenbird 1
Connecticut Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 312
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 23
American Goldfinch 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
