Here is a late report from last week:
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4/28 - 1 soaring N (very high/harassed by grackles)
White-eyed Vireo - 4/28
Tree Swallow - 5/6 - flocks over river during strong NE winds
Gray Catbird - 4/28 - dozens about
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4/28 - FOY - For some reason I mainly have
fall records here. (Previous Dates: 28-Apr-07, 08-May-93, & 31-May-99.)
Blackpoll Warbler - 4/28 - FOY - (Previous Dates: 24-Apr-04, 28-Apr-07,
01-May-02, 06-May-98, 06-May-06, 10-May-05, 09-May-03, 15-May-00, &
15-May-01)
Common Yellowthroat - 4/28
Eastern Towhee - 4/28 - FOY
Bobolink - 4/28 - FOY - Large flocks have arrived. Note that a 4/28 arrival
date has happened three times! (Arrival Dates: 25-Apr-98, 28-Apr-96,
28-Apr-97, 28-Apr-07, 01-May-93, 01-May-99, 08-May-05, 15-May-00, &
15-May-01)
Bobolink - 5/8 - Flocks continue to use the field bordering my front yard -
I love to hear these birds in the early morning along with the Purple
Martins.
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Les Willis
Town Point on the Nansemond River
Suffolk, VA
leswillis@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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