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[va-bird] CBBT fallout?
- From: Phoebetria@xxxxxxx
- To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 07:06:15 EDT
In walking the dogs this morning at 0630, I noticed about a dozen Seaside
Sparrows in the dune grass at the south end of Cape Charles Beach. There may
be more there. A moderate fog last night probably disoriented these birds,
which normally don't stopover here in this habitat but move to proper
saltmarshes in migration mornings. The south wind plus fog usually
precipitates fallouts of birds on the CBBT islands (esp. the northern 3
islands), which could hold a few Clapper Rails in addition to marsh sparrows
this morning. Worth a check for anyone who has time! Bonaparte's Gulls and
Northern Gannets are still around as of this morning. An afternoon and
evening spent looking for the whistling-duck in the Dismal Swamp was
unfruitful, by the way, but no reason to believe this bird isn't still in the
300 square miles of the Dismal -- somewhere!
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA
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