This is a sampling of possible land and shore birds on the Outer Banks field trip. 1 = Common, 2 = Fairly Common, 3 = Uncommon Northern Gannet (3) Brown Pelican (1) Great Cormorant (3) American Bittern (2) Great Egret (1) Snowy Egret (1) Little Blue Heron (1) Tricolored Heron (1) Cattle Egret (3) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (3) White Ibis (1) Snow Goose (2) Brant (2) Tundra Swan (2) Eurasian Wigeon (3) Surf Scoter (2) White-winged Scoter (3) Black Scoter (3) Red-breasted Merganser (3) Ruddy Duck (3) Northern Harrier (1) Peregrine Falcon (2) Clapper Rail (1) King Rail (3) Virginia Rail (1) Sora (3) Black-bellied Plover (1) Piping Plover (3) American Oystercatcher (3) American Avocet (1) Greater Yellowlegs (1) Lesser Yellowlegs (1) Willet (1) Whimbrel (3) Hudsonian Godwit (3) Marbled Godwit (2) Ruddy Turnstone (2) Red Knot (2) Sanderling (1) Western Sandpiper (1) White-rumped Sandpiper (3) Pectoral sandpiper (2) Dunlin (2) Stilt Sandpiper (3) Short-billed Dowitcher (1) Long-billed Dowitcher (1) Wilson's Snipe (2) Laughing Gull (1) Bonaparte's Gull (2) Herring Gull (1) Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Greater Black-backed Gull (1) Caspian Tern (2) Royal Tern (1) Sandwich Tern (1) Common Tern (3) Forster's Tern (1) Black Skimmer (1) Blue-headed Vireo (2) Fish Crow (1) Brown-headed Nuthatch (1) Sedge Wren (3) Marsh Wren (2) American Pipit (3) Nashville Warbler (3) Magnolia Warbler (3) Cape May Warbler (3) Pine Warbler (2) Prairie Warbler (3) Savannah Sparrow (1) Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (2) Seaside Sparrow (2) Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (2) Boat-tailed Grackle (1) This gives you a sampling of the wealth of avian delights available on the Bristol Bird Club's Outerbanks Field Trip in addition to the pelagic specialties mentioned in the last email. Join us! Just contact me and you are in. jpmoyle18@xxxxxxx or 423-349-6440 John Moyle Glen Alpine Road Kingsport, Sullivan County ************** Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)