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[va-richmond-general] Shirley Plantation - Sooty Tern, Eared Grebe

  • From: Arun Bose <arunbose@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, VA Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:45:30 -0400
I birded Shirley Plantation this morning (7am-noon) with Allen Bryan, and
later met Adam D'Onofrio. Many birds; highlight being a Juv. SOOTY TERN seen
flying over the impoundment and then it or another seen on Rte 10 near the
Harrison Bridge rd. Other Tern species - CASPIAN 12, FORSTERS 20, LEAST 1,
BLACK 3-5, Sterna sp. 3.

2 Eared Grebe on the impoundment.

Glossy Ibis 8

20 species of shorebird present.
Semi-P Plover 10-15
Killdeer 40+
Am. Golden Plover 2 ad.
Black-Bellied Plover 1 ad
Yellowlegs 250ish; probably 90% Lesser
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Willet 1
Semi-P Sandpiper 75+
Least Sandpiper 50
Sanderling 2-3
Pectoral Sandpiper 30
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper 2
White-rumped Sandpiper 7
Stilt Sandpiper 6
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 20
Wilson's Snipe 2
Wilson's Phalarope 1
Red-necked Phalarope 16

Arun Bose
Richmond VA.

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