Matt Anthony with the William & Mary Bird Club reported that their group
spotted four Harlequin Ducks along the CBBT this morning. When I went out there
later in the morning, the quartet was still there, on the Bay side, and many
observers including members of CHAS arrived to see these beauties. Two are
young males and two are females. I'm sure there will be many photos; I've
posted one of mine at https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdingva.
Other birds were scarce during the short time that I was there, but included a
nice group of about 20 Long-tailed Ducks, several Surf and Black Scoters,
Red-breasted Mergansers, two Purple Sandpipers, and good numbers of Northern
Gannets.
Karen KearneyChesapeake
