Virginia birders,
This morning, Sunday 21 August, David Hughes, Mike Iwanik, John Fox, and
I birded at Craney Island. Though the sun was working hard to bake our
brains, we enjoyed a very productive 3.5 hours that included 4 BLACK
TERNS, a well-marked WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (though no Baird's
Sandpiper), 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES (at approx same location noted earlier
by D'Onofrio), 11 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 10+ BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 2 WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, 1 WILLET, numerous LEAST TERNS, and an abundance of LEAST
and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.
Mike, John, and I stopped by Hog Island WMA (Surry County) at
mid-afternoon. In addition to the heat, the fly population was
impressive and aggressive. Nonetheless, we persevered and soon
re-located the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN discovered on 18 August by
Olszewski and D'Onofrio. The pelican was on the water and visible to the
east of the main dirt road from a vantage point 100 yards south of the
observation tower.
At home, a few miles NW of Charlottesville, I spent 1.5 hours watching
in the evening for nighthawks on Thursday 18 August without success. The
following evening, Friday 19 August, in 45 minutes of watching, I did
see a single COMMON NIGHTHAWK heading south with great determination.
Mark Adams
Charlottesville
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