Piper Plover (adult) was located near where the road ends at the beach in the
company of Sanderlings. Viewed at ca. 150 feet with scopes.
Grandview Beach, Hampton, US-VA
Mar 8, 2013 9:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: George & Rosemarie Harris; John and Marilyn Adair. WINDY ...
cold!
19 species
Mallard 2
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 15
Common Loon 4
Northern Gannet 30
Great Egret 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 1 Small dark-backed plover with single band around
breast, small yellow bill with dark tip.
PIPING PLOVER 1 Small pale plover with ring around breast, ring was very
pencil line thin in front; dark band on forehead/crown from eye to eye. VERY
pale bird easily distinguished from Semi-palmated Plover by almost white
back. Photographed by John Adair.
Killdeer 2
Sanderling 75
Dunlin 15
Bonaparte's Gull 28
Ring-billed Gull 32
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Merlin 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13328625
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA)
