Hi VA-Birders,
We had a great time birding the Maryus loop in SE Gloucester County from
0630-1030AM today and were rewarded with 65 species.
The biggest surprise was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER on Guinea Circle (652) near
the intersection of Maryus Rd (649). Since we've never had that species in
this area, I pulled out my iPod to listen to the song after hearing it, to
confirm what I thought. When I played it, the bird immediately flew in and
perched on a wire above us for a few minutes, giving us time to study it.
When it flew off, it sang several more times, allowing us to confirm its ID
visually and by song.
Jenkins Neck Rd held two other unexpected species - a pair of Red-headed
Woodpeckers and two Northern Bobwhites (calling in different locations).
This area of the county has a lot of pines, cut-over areas and marshes.
Yellow-breasted Chat, Prairie Warbler and Common Yellowthroat were easily
found in the cut-over areas. Willets and Seaside Sparrows were abundant in
the marshes, and Brown-headed Nuthatches were seen and heard in different
stands of pines.
Below is a complete list of species, along with the routes we covered.
Great birding,
Meredith and Lee Bell
Hayes, VA
Maryus-Guinea Loop, Gloucester, US-VA
Comments: We covered Jenkins Neck Rd (646), to end of Maryus Rd (649), then
Guinea Circle (652), Belvins Creek Rd (650), Browns Bay Rd (651), Kings
Creek Rd (653) and Mill Point Rd (716).
65 species
Canada Goose 3
Northern Bobwhite 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 9
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 16
Cooper's Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 1
Killdeer 1
Willet 17
Laughing Gull 18
Herring Gull 3
Mourning Dove 20
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 - a probably nesting pair, on Jenkins Neck Rd in
pine trees across from mailbox with 1670
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 1 - on Guinea Loop, near intersection with Maryus Rd
Great Crested Flycatcher 9
Eastern Kingbird 7
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 11
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 22
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 5
Brown-headed Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 8
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 11
American Robin 13
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 11
Brown Thrasher 12 - 7 were on Jenkins Neck Rod
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 9
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 5
Eastern Towhee 6
Chipping Sparrow 7
Field Sparrow 2
Seaside Sparrow 16
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 24
Indigo Bunting 8
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 72
Boat-tailed Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
