Hello from a UK birder, who's recently joined the Virginia Birding list.
I'll be in Virginia at a conference in McLean from 28 May to 1 June, but
plan a week's birding before that. I'd really appreciate any advice
from you guys, or even offers of "I'd love to show you around the best
places on such-and-such a day". I'll be arriving at Dulles at 2.40 pm
on Wed 21st May and plan to hire a car and drive down to Chincoteague
for two or three days. Places to stay that I've seen online are a good
$70 per night - are their cheaper motels around? Suggestions?
After that I'd like to explore any areas which offer to help with my
"hitlist" (below). If birders come to my area of east England, I would
know almost exactly where to find most of the typical May birds they may
be looking for, and I wonder if your area has similar predictable finds
- eg American Woodcock on its evening flight, or known places for
particular warblers. I'm happy to drive a good distance, even out of
state if there is a significantly different habitat and range of birds
not too far across a state boundary.
Any replies to bartow@xxxxxxxxxxxx please. * on the list means it is a
priority bird! I realise I may be being a bit optimistic with many on
this list - especially those which may have moved north by late May.
But we can dream, can't we?!
Best wishes,
Bartow Wylie (Mr)
Brown Pelican
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron *
American Black Duck *
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Yellow Rail
American Avocet *
Piping Plover *
American Woodcock *
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Chuck-wills-widow
Whip-poor-will
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Fish Crow
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Loggerhead Shrike
Buff-bellied Pipit
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Solitary Vireo
Prothonatory Warbler *
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush *
Northern Waterthrush *
Yellow-breasted Chat *
Blue Grosbeak *
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Bachmann's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Clay-coloured Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Sedge Wren
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Summer Tanager
