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VABirders,
 
Sidra Blake and I spent the afternoon birding the CBBT and Eastern Shore of  
VA NWR. The wind was howling out of the northwest. Waterfowl movement was  
surprisingly sparse. Highlights are as follows:
 
Island #4
 
Northern Gannet - many feeding close to the island
Great Cormorant
Harlequin Duck - male & female
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper - 4
American Robin - 1
Clay-colored Sparrow - 1
Chipping Sparrows
Derk-eyed Junco
 
Island #3
 
Purple Sandpipers - 2
COMMON REDPOLL - 1 
Dark-eyed Junco
 
Island #2
 
Great Cormorant
Black Scoter - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Purple Sandpiper - 6
Sanderling
American Oystercatcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Dark-eyed Junco
 
Fisherman Island 
 
Brant - 100+
Peregrine Falcon 
 
Eastern Shore of VA NWR
 
N. Shoveler - 1
Green-winged Teal - 2
American Wigeon - 15
Gadwall - 2
 
 
Cheers,
 
Tyler Hicks
 

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