FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Gloucester County, various recent sightings

[Dave Hewitt <dhewitt@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday (29 March) at 1300 hrs, I made a short boat trip into the 
southwest corner of Mobjack Bay via the York River and around the Guinea 
Marshes. Given cold water spray in the face, I could not do any reliable 
counting or complete listing. However, we did see some birds of note: 3 
NORTHERN GANNETS, >25 SURF SCOTERS (many scoters were unidentified, but all 
that I did see were surfers), 100s of BUFFLEHEADS, a COMMON LOON, and 
numerous BROWN PELICANS. We saw some other ducks I could not identify. Many 
OSPREY were hunting.

On Friday afternoon (30 March), we had three eggs in our bluebird box. 
Thus, the lady laid the first egg around Tuesday or Wednesday (27-28 
March). Also on Friday, I saw eight WILD TURKEY along Burleigh Road. Oddly, 
I have not sees a lot of these around lately.

This morning (2 April) along McFarland Lane (at our house) we had a great 
chorus that included BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, PINE WARBLER, and other 
residents. I am surprised that Parulas are not around in numbers yet, and 
that B&Ws aren't more numerous.

Dave Hewitt
Gloucester, VA

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