A big thanks to Hal Laskowski and Lou Hinds for covering the survey for
this week.
With some of the impoundments mostly covered by ice, (Old Fields & C Pool -
70% ice covered; E Pool - 90%; Farm Fields- 80%; North Wash Flats - 60%),
birds were concentrated in Assateague Channel and Tom's Cove.
Date Range Jan 26, 2018 - Feb 1, 2018
Locations Chincoteague NWR
26-Jan
Number of Species 16
Number of Individuals 3,155
Number of Checklists 1
26-Jan
Species Name High Count
Common Loon 9
Horned Grebe 22
American Oystercatcher 1
Black-bellied Plover 52
Marbled Godwit 22
Sanderling 112
Dunlin 2,263
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Willet 78
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 158
Herring Gull 333
Lesser Black-backed Gull 31
Great Black-backed Gull 51
Snowy Owl 1
