[va-bird] Birding the Eastern Shore

Hi All 

Thanks to all the great postings of Ned Brinkley I was able to find the male 
Painted Bunting yesterday and most of the great birds in his march 25 posting. 
this was our third try for the bunting, so I guess the third time is the charm. 
My Wife was most happy as this was a life bird for Her.
 We also made a Young Birder from Ohio happy by showing him the birds. He had 
been Visiting friends in Williamsburg and come over looking for the Hummingbird 
 
My last two trips I had spent to much time on the CBBT islands and was to late 
getting  to Cape Charles. It was hard but I made it all the was
across CBB. The northern Gannets were having a feeding frenzy all the way 
across the bay, great show. We did make one quick stop at the pond on ramp road 
only saw two Hooded Mergansers. At  Cape Charles  It only took us about ten 
minutes to find    Bunting and  the female Rufous Hummingbird. after checking 
out the beach and harbor where we had great look At Brant and Purple 
Sandpipers, we decided we had enough time to go on to Chincoteague. We 
had  good #s Green-winged Teal N. Pintail, N. Shoveler Snow Geese, Oyster 
Catcher, Greater Yellow leg. The Laughing gulls have come in big time. We had 2 
Snowy egrets, one Glossy Ibis and one lone Tundra Swan and a few Tree swallows. 
 On the return trip we found 17 Wilde Turkeys in one field and one in another 
field on rt. 13 close to Cheriton. In all we had 64 species for the day 
            We didn't have the Tide right to stop at Willis Wharf but we had 
great #s of Marble Godwits and Willits there the week before.


 Ben Copeland
Hampton,Va.


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