VA BIRDers,
After resting up from scouting and doing the Kiptopeke Challenge last weekend
with teammate Marc Ribaudo, let me provide a summary of the birds we found
between 9/19-21 in the two Delmarva Virginia counties; this information is an
addition to Ned's previous post.
As most of you may know, the winds were light and southerly across the
Kiptopeke peninsula with some humid flow from about 9/18 to just recently and
few migrants traversed the area. Teams participating in the Kiptopeke
Challenge were particularly challenged by these conditions. The results
below are only those from the Wandering Siskins; The CVWO website will be
updated with the overall results in the near future. Please note that the
conditions this weekend appear much more favorable for migrants!
Highlights we observed were 2 Great Cormorants at CBBT #3, Green Herons at
ESNWR near ramp road, White Ibis at ESNWR, Glossy Ibis at Chincoteague NWR,
Wood Ducks, Virginia Rails and Sora in the Saxis area, Marbled Godwits at
Oyster, Red Knots at Chincoteague (described previously), Buff-breasted
Sandpiper (ditto), Common Nighthawk, Acadian Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo (the
Pony Trail at Chincoteague), large numbers of Tree Swallows, Marsh Wren at
ESNWR, flying Veery at Magotha Rd, YB Chat at ESNWR, Savannah Sparrows in
several locations, Seaside Sparrows at ESNWR, Bobolink in several locations,
and E. Meadowlark at Chincoteague.
Preliminary reports by other teams doing the KC also revealed the following
species not previously recorded on past KC's: E. Collared Dove, Barred Owl at
Chincoteague Pony Trail, Olive-sided Flycatcher and Hooded Warbler.
For the information below, species in parenthesis were those found during
scouting on 9/19 and 20 but not recorded by the Wandering Siskins on 9/21.
Numbers are from 9/21 unless in parenthesis.
(Pied-billed Grebe 2)
Brown Pelican 100
Great Cormorant 2
DC Cormorant 75
Great Blue Heron 25
Great Egret 50
Snowy Egret 75
Little Blue Heron 200
Tricolored Heron 75
Cattle Egret 65
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 20
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 3
White Ibis 15
Glossy Ibis 5
Black Vulture 35
Turkey Vulture 50
C. Goose 50
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 14
Am Wigeon 8
Am Black Duck 4
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 2
No. Shoveler 2
(No. Pintail 1)
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
No. Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Coopers Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Am. Kestrel 5
Merlin 5
No. Bobwhite 2
Clapper Rail 40
Virginia Rail 4
Sora 5
Black-bellied Plover 7
Semipalmated Plover 45
Killdeer 10
Am Oystercatcher 20
Am. Avocets 5
Greater Yellowlegs 15
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Willet 100
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Marbled Godwit 12
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Red Knot 30
Sanderling 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25
Least Sandpiper 10
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 4000
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 500
Great Black-backed Gull 100
Caspian Tern 10
Royal Tern 30
Sandwich Tern 2
Common Tern 5
Forster's Tern 80
Black Skimmer 150
Rock Dove 70
Mourning Dove 20
YB Cuckoo 4
E. Screech Owl 10
Great Horned Owl 4
(Com. Nighthawk 1)
RT Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied WP 4
Downy WP 2
No. Flicker 25
E. Wood Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Trails Flycatcher 1
(E. Phoebe 1)
(E. Kingbird 3)
White-eyed Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 35
Am Crow 12
Fish Crow 30
dead crow 1, being eaten by Red-tailed Hawk on west platform at Chincoteague
NWR)
Tree Swallow 1000
Barn Swallow 6
C. Chickadee 15
T. Titmouse 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 10
C. Wren 50
H. Wren 3
M. Wren 2
E. Bluebird 1
Veery 1, flight call at 0545 at Magotha
Am Robin 30
Gray Catbird 12
No. Mockingbird 60
Brown Thrasher 1
E. Starling 150
(Cedar Waxwing 1)
No. Parula 2
Yellow 2
(Magnolia 2)
Black-thr Blue 1
Pine 5
Prairie 2
Palm 3
(Bay-breasted 1)
Black & White 3
Am Redstart 6
(Ovenbird 1, on island #3 9/19)
No. Waterthrush 1
Com. Yellowthroat 20
(YB Chat 1)
Chipping Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Seaside Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 6
No. Cardinal 75
Blue Grosbeak 20
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
E. Meadowlark 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 30
Com. Grackle 100
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
House Finch 10
Am Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 7
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