[va-bird] Eastern Shore update

[Phoebetria@xxxxxxx]

At Kiptopeke State Park this afternoon, 10 American Golden-Plovers and 5 
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, along with 6 Black-bellied Plovers, 8 Semipalmated 
Plovers, 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and 8 Killdeer were on the back bean 
field, newly plowed.  The golden-plover were checked for Pacifics, but no 
candidates were found (a Pacific Golden-Plover was in New Jersey this time 
last year). The Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR's Ramp Road pond held the same 
mix of shorebirds as in previous days, including 5 Stilt Sandpipers, but the 
Wilson's Phalarope was not seen today.  A Yellow-headed Blackbird was 
apparently noted at the intersection of Rte 13 and Rte 642, not far from the 
Chevron gas station; a visiting birder logged the record at Kiptopeke but no 
observer name or plumage was mentioned.  There have been small flocks of 
Red-winged Blackbirds in this area and on Rte 600, but a check of these this 
afternoon produced no Yellow-headed.  A modest hawk flight, mostly of 
American Kestrels, drifted by the hawkwatch today, and a Blue-winged Warbler 
was a highlight at the banding station.  Smoke from an enormous brush fire 
that reignited on Parramore Island covered much of lower Northampton County 
today; hopefully, a cold front will push it out in days to come.  

Word on the White-winged Tern is unclear.  A visiting birder from New Jersey 
reported the bird yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, but as of 3:00 p.m. today 
it had not been reported at Swan Cove.  

Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA


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