Today during a survey Sarah Davis and I recorded 11 Piping Plovers along the
False Cape and Back Bay beaches. There was a Black-bellied Plover, quite a few
Sanderlings, a few Dunlin and a variety of gulls. Two immature Bald Eagles
were scavenging scraps on the beach. A Gray Fox came out of the dunes and
returned. Northern Gannets heading north were streaming by quite close to the
beach. A few loons and Horned Grebes were seen offshore as well as cormorants
and Red-breasted Mergansers.
Robert L. Ake
6603 Catherine Street
Norfolk VA 23505
I did an ABA Big Year in 2010 - If you'd like to review it, my blog is at
http://bobsbirds.blogspot.com/
