I visited Hog Island yesterday, October 2nd. The weather was cool, bright
and breezy. The wind helped keep the mosquitoes away, but mosquitoes and
ticks still abound. Highlights were a juvenile WHITE IBIS, a flock of
BOBOLINKS, and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES. There were large numbers of TREE
SWALLOWS gliding over the fields, and many MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE, but no
other waterfowl that I could see. Quite a few common/expected species were
missed, like Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, goldfinch, and E. bluebird.
Warblers were few, except the PINE WARBERS which seemed to be perched in
every pine. Species list: (I've attached links for pics of pine and palm
warblers, along with the Ibis).
Pine Warbler
http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/rlechols/?action=view¤t=D80_200
8-10-01_25.jpg
Northern Parula
Common Yellowthroat
Black-Throated Blue
Palm Warbler
http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/rlechols/?action=view¤t=D80_200
8-10-02_84.jpg
DC Cormorant
GB Heron
Great Egret
White Ibis
http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/rlechols/?action=view¤t=D80_200
8-10-02_8.jpg
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Caspian Tern
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied WP
Downy WP
Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird
E. Towhee
N. Cardinal
Red-winged BB
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bobolink
Rachel Echols
Chester, VA
