Late yesterday afternoon, I made a brief visit to the wetlands area on the
left side of the road just before the Messick boat launch. This area has
been providing a nice mix of marsh birds over the past month. Yesterday's
mix included Willets, both Yellowlegs, Wilson Snipe, Dunlin, Least
Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, and Clapper Rails. There were also 3 Least
Terns
feeding in this area.
Take note, the deer flies and noseums were relentless. The mosquitos
can't be too far behind.
Dave Youker
Yorktown, VA
Messick Rd.--Back Cove, Poquoson, US-VA
May 1, 2012 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
25 species
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 3
Osprey 5
Clapper Rail 5
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Willet 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Least Sandpiper 13
Dunlin 120
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 3
Least Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 9
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 9
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Boat-tailed Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (_http://ebird.org_ ;
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