FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Osprey & Oystercatcher, Lynnhaven Inlet, VA Beach

["Bruno, Rexanne" <bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I started the New Year by birding at Lynnhaven Inlet for several hours midday. 
Highlights were having my first ducks of the year be Gadwall and Wood Duck 
(instead of Mallard) and my first goose being Brant (instead of Canada Goose); 
my first raptor of the year being an adult Bald Eagle; American Bittern flying 
over; observing a Clapper Rail at low tide for about 20 minutes; four Black 
Skimmers; a single American Oystercatcher; and a very cooperative Savannah 
Sparrow that I watched for at least ten minutes. Complete list of species 
follows.

 

Rexanne Bruno

Lynchburg, VA

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Brant     16
Wood Duck     2
Gadwall     X
Bufflehead     X
Red-breasted Merganser     X
Red-throated Loon     X
Common Loon     X
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Brown Pelican     X
Double-crested Cormorant     X
American Bittern     1
Great Egret     1
Osprey     1
Bald Eagle     2
Northern Harrier     1
Clapper Rail     1
American Coot     4
American Oystercatcher     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Sanderling     X
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Forster's Tern     5
Black Skimmer     4
American Crow     X
Savannah Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     X
Boat-tailed Grackle     X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org 
<http://mail.lynchburg.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ebird.org> )