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[va-bird] Poquoson & Gloucester Co. 4/6/05

From: "Daniel Kluza" <dakluza@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:49:55 -0400

I managed some opportunistic midday birding around Gloucester Point on 
Wednesday, April 6th.  The drive in yielded a couple of N. ROUGH-WINGED 
SWALLOWS at the New Kent rest area on I-64 East.  I heard a few CHIPPING 
SPARROWS as I drove through Poquoson towards Messick Road, along which were  
BARN SWALLOWS, BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES, WILLET, DUNLIN, and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 
  Six RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS put on a great show at the Messick Point boat 
launch, with a CLAPPER RAIL providing backup vocals.

At the Virginia Institute of Marine Science campus, at least a dozen 
NORTHERN GANNETS were working the York River.  Also present were a handful 
of BROWN PELICANS, COMMON LOON, and a flyover PURPLE MARTIN.

Cheers,

Dan Kluza
Springfield VA


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