MessageWe participated in the Kiptopeke Challenge over the past weekend on
Saturday 9/25/10. We birded only the Eastern Shore NWR as a special venue
team. In spite of the high heat (90+) and stiff southerly winds (at least it
kept the mosquitoes away) we managed a decent count. Here are our results.
Probably our best bird of the day was the Bay-breasted Warbler.
Brown Pelican 70
Double-crested Cormorant 64
Great Blue Heron 18
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 2
Tri-colored Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
White Ibis 96
Black Vulture 32
Turkey Vulture 21
Osprey 33
Bald Eagle 4 (3 Adult, 1 Immature)
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 20
Merlin 11
Peregrine 1
Clapper Rail 9
American Oystercatcher 1
Laughing Gull 113
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 7
Royal Tern 12
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 39
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 14
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 5
Gray Catbird 11
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
American Redstart 7
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Cardinal 21
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 4
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA
