[va-bird] Blackwater NWR, OC Inlet Tuesday, 02.27.07, T. B. Murre, Harlequins plus..

  • From: "Sandra Farkas" <sandralfarkas2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:37:16 -0500

Hello All,

A day trip to Blackwater NWR and OC Inlet yielded several nice birds, and 
thanks to the Fry's we were able to find the T.B. Murre after much 
searching.

Highlights:  Brown-headed Nuthatch, Horned Larks, Thick-billed Murre, 
Harlequins, Brant, American Oystercatcher, Eurasian Wigeon

The full list follows:

Number of species:     87

Snow Goose     200
Brant     20
Canada Goose     4000
Mute Swan     2
Tundra Swan     30
Gadwall     2
Eurasian Wigeon     1
American Wigeon     40
American Black Duck     20
Mallard     30
Northern Shoveler     40
Northern Pintail     30
Green-winged Teal     15
Canvasback     12
Ring-necked Duck     5
Greater Scaup  100
Lesser Scaup     30
Harlequin Duck     2
Surf Scoter     25
Black-winged Scoter 5
Long-tailed Duck     2
Bufflehead     8
Common Merganser     20
Red-breasted Merganser     15
Ruddy Duck     5
Red-throated Loon     2
Common Loon     20
Horned Grebe     20
Red-necked Grebe     2
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     20
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     20
Bald Eagle     25
Northern Harrier     12
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     6
American Kestrel     5
Peregrine Falcon     1
Clapper Rail     1
American Coot     12
Killdeer     12
American Oystercatcher     2
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Lesser Yellowlegs     1
Ruddy Turnstone     20
Sanderling     3
Purple Sandpiper     15
Bonaparte's Gull     4
Ring-billed Gull     3000
Herring Gull     35
Great Black-backed Gull     35
Thick-billed Murre     1
Rock Pigeon     50
Mourning Dove     12
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     12
Northern Flicker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     7
American Crow     25
Fish Crow     25
Horned Lark     5
Carolina Chickadee     8
Tufted Titmouse     8
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Brown-headed Nuthatch     8
Carolina Wren     10
Eastern Bluebird     10
Hermit Thrush     1
American Robin     10
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     100
Yellow-rumped Warbler     12
Savannah Sparrow     5
Song Sparrow     8
White-throated Sparrow     25
Dark-eyed Junco     45
Northern Cardinal     8
Red-winged Blackbird     200
Eastern Meadowlark     4
Common Grackle     200
House Sparrow     2

Sandra Farkas
Springfield, VA

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