Hi VA-Birders,
We spent several hours exploring Mathews County today and tallied 56 species.
Here are highlights from the different locations, with complete list below.
North Haven Beach - Good #s of Surf Scoters and Buffleheads in close to the
shore, great to get to see them up-close for a change.
South Haven Beach - Excellent looks at 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Red-throated
Loons and several Northern Gannets
Intersection of Rts 717 & 645 - Large group of mixed species including a Winter
Wren, Hermit Thrush and Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bethel Beach - Another Red-throated Loon, a few Common Loons, several Forsters
Terns and a raft of 40+ Ruddy Ducks
Along the way, we tallied 41 Eastern Bluebirds, which is always amazing. But of
course, Mathews County is THE place to go if you want to see large numbers of
Bluebirds in a relatively small area!
Great day of birding!
Meredith and Lee Bell
Hayes, VA
Canada Goose 13
Tundra Swan 1
Surf Scoter 135
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 2
Bufflehead 72
Ruddy Duck 43
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 5
Northern Gannet 12
Brown Pelican 1
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 17
Turkey Vulture 13
Northern Harrier 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Clapper Rail 2
Sanderling 54
Ring-billed Gull 53
Herring Gull 3
Forster's Tern 9
Mourning Dove 39
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 36
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 4
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 41
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 38
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 163
Yellow-rumped Warbler 84
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 9
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 96
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
