Hi VA-Birders,
We spent 4 hours birding the Guinea area of Gloucester County and tallied 45
species. Highlights included at least 2,000 Tree Swallows above the trees in
one area. Always a treat to see that many birds in such a "cloud." We also
had FOS Savannah Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco. Pied-billed Grebe, Snowy
Egret, Royal & Caspian Tern and Northern Harrier were unexpected
surprises. Yellow-rumped Warblers were everywhere but we also spotted a Palm
Warbler and Common Yellowthroat.
We intentionally went a couple of hours before low tide in hopes of seeing
some shorebirds but we didn't see or hear a single one while we were out.
An exciting non-bird sighting was an adult gray fox that came out into the
road about 50 feet in front of us and seemed to be intently looking for
prey. It crossed the road and then ended up coming out again three different
times in the span of 5 minutes. It never looked our way or appeared to even
be aware of our presence. It was a magical moment getting such great looks
at this beautiful creature.
Meredith and Lee Bell
Hayes, VA
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 3
Black Vulture 15
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 3
Laughing Gull 34
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 29
Royal Tern 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 11
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 2000 (conservative estimate)
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 5
Eastern Bluebird 12
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 16
Common Yellowthroat 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 82
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
