On Friday (7/23/11) I broak the Virginia Big Day record for July with 170
species. I started at midnight in Dayton where I found a recently fledged
Barn Owl. Hoping for the Long-eared Owl reported earlier this year I went to
Wimer Mtn. Ln. where I heard Great Horned Owl and Black-billed Cuckoo but
nothing else. I drove to strait creek where it crosses Rt 642 where I picked
up Eastern Screech-Owl, Barred Owl, and Great Horned Owl and took a nap
until 5:15. On my way over to Locust Springs a Northern Saw-whet Owl flew
across the road in front of me and an American Woodcock flew up from the
road. Locust Springs contained all the usual suspects with the exception of
Yellow-rumped Warbler which I have not seen there since late May. Went up
Wimer Mtn. Ln. again, where I found a Brewster's Warbler but no
Golden-winged. I then stopped at Forks of Water, Ramsey's Draft, King Family
Vineyard, Jack Jouett Rd., and Newport News City Park, before getting stuck
in traffic around Newport News and at the Hampton Roads Bridge, costing
about an hour. The CBBT contained a Gull-billed Tern, and two Lesser
Black-backed Gulls. On the Eastern Shore I stopped at ESVNWR, Magotha Rd.,
Willis Wharf. Once I reached Chicoteague around 6:30 some of the more
interesting birds became apparent. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck that has
been seen all week was present with the Mallards; there were numerous
slightly early Sanderlings on the beach; Pectorial and Stilt Sandpipers; and
a single Canvasback flyover on the causeway at dusk.
*Black-bellied Whistling-Duck*
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
*Canvasback*
Wild Turkey
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Grea Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mokingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Brewster's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-thraoted Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
