FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Va. Beach, Dec. 4/5

[Scott Baron <brnpelican@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, birders.
 
I had fun birding with the VSO in Va. Beach and the CBBT this weekend.  I saw a 
couple of species by myself that I don't think others had this weekend that may 
be of interest:
 
1 Osprey, early Saturday morning.  It was soaring over the Lynnhaven Inlet.
 
1 large alcid sp.  I assume it was a Razorbill given the southerly, near shore 
location?  I watched this bird through my scope flying south just over the 
ocean at Back Bay NWR on Sunday afternoon.  The bird was quite distant.  After 
watching it for a minute, it got almost out of sight and then another bird came 
into view.  By this time the birds had flown so far away from me that I 
couldn't be positive that this second bird was even an alcid.  But one alcid is 
still cool.  Sorry you missed it, Elisa!
 
Also, I just want to say that I finally got a 5 wren day at Back Bay/False Cape 
on Sunday.  Small milestone maybe but I've been hoping to sweep the wrens here 
for quite a while and the birds cooperated at last.  Yeah!
 
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.     
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