A very birdy spot near Accomac along Rte 13 just north of Onley today, with a
personal high count, at least for mainland Accomack County, of American
Golden-Plovers, 32. Otherwise an uneventful day with meetings at Chincoteague
and
only a little birding there - water is very high in all impoundments and even
in Tom's Cove, and there are very few birds around.
Location: Accomac, Accomack County, VA, US
Observation date: 9/7/06
Notes: This is a field just R of Rte 13 just N of Onley, s. of jct w/
Rte 657, n. of jct w/ Rte 648. Very muddy, wet, full of birds! Could be good
for Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, right habitat.
Number of species: 18
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 340
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 12
Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola 26 (including one beautiful
juvenile, really smashing)
American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica 32 (all adults, molting)
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 37
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 6
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca 22
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 210
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 124
Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri 1
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla 55
White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis 49
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos 46
Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus 5
Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla 241
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 4
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 5
Location: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Observation date: 9/7/06
Notes: Very high water after Ernesto; beach parking lot closed. Very
few shorebirds, possibly more on Wash Flats.
Number of species: 37
At Chincoteague, quickly in the afternoon -
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 65
American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 4
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 45
Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors 34
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 15
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca 60
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 1
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 5
Great Egret - Ardea alba 15
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula 5
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea 9
Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor 4
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis 3
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus 2
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 3
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus 2
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 21
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 1
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus 1
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca 5
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 56
Willet - Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 34
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 55
Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri 5
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla 26
White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis 41
Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos 21
Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata 1
Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla 230
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 4
Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica 1
Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri 24
Least Tern - Sterna antillarum 1
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus 2
Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA
