[va-bird] Chincoteague and Barrier Islands, June 18

Yesterday, Sunday the 18th of June, I joined two other birders from Gloucester for a trip to Chincoteague NWR and the barrier islands out of Wachapreague (Cedar, Parramore).

I started the day by tracking down a HOUSE WREN that I heard on Friday, which is apparently nesting down along the York River on the VIMS campus. This was new for me, but I suppose not too unusual. I also watched a Red-bellied Woodpecker feeding young nearby.

We arrived at Chincoteague at 9 am and departed around 12:30. We visited the Marsh Trail and a short section of the Wildlife Loop, stopped and scanned the marshes from the road, and walked the Woodland Trail. We didn't turn up anything spectacular, but it was a good morning. We then went down to Wachapreague and out on a skiff to the barrier islands, Cedar and Parramore. We added a few species here, including GULL-BILLED TERNS (2), and a juvenile BALD EAGLE. We also caught some sandbar sharks, which was a bonus.

Lists follow:

Date 18-Jun-06
Location: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Total Number of Species 71
Number of Individuals 378

Canada Goose 6
Mallard 2
Northern Bobwhite 3
Brown Pelican 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 2
Little Blue Heron 2
Tricolored Heron 2
Cattle Egret 9
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 25
Black Vulture 7
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 6
Killdeer 2
American Oystercatcher 5
Black-necked Stilt 3
Willet 3
Laughing Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 14
Herring Gull 13
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Royal Tern 1
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 9
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 2
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 3
Pine Warbler 7
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 10
Summer Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 25
Boat-tailed Grackle 6
Orchard Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 3

Date 18-Jun-06
Location: Wachapreague
Total Number of Species 25
Number of Individuals 153

Brown Pelican 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Clapper Rail 3
American Oystercatcher 3
Willet 2
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Gull-billed Tern 2
Royal Tern 2
Common Tern 35
Forster's Tern 4
Black Skimmer 2
Chimney Swift 3
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Gray Catbird 1

Dave Hewitt
Gloucester, VA

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