This weekend's birding produced a nice mix of lingerers and uncommon species
(all dates 9 November unless noted otherwise), at least 151 species,
including:
Green Heron 1 at FINWR (Fenton Day, Larry Lynch)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 at ESVNWR, Friday evening (Todd Day)
White Ibis 1 at CNWR (George Wheaton)
Ross's Goose 1 at CNWR (George Wheaton; in Swan Cove)
Harlequin Duck 1 f. continues at CBBT #2
Marbled Godwit 94 at Willis Wharf (Phil and Alex Merritt)
Marbled Godwit 15 at Oyster (m. ob.)
Hudsonian Godwit 1 at Oyster (myself)
Purple Sandpiper 60 at CBBT (Bob Abrams)
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 at Northampton Landfill (Fenton Day et al.)
Caspian Tern 1 at Oyster (George Armistead)
Northern Saw-whet Owl several at various locations (CCB staff)
Western Kingbird 1 at Machipongo (Alex and Phil Merritt, Sue Heath, Mike
Stinson, Ian Topolsky, Todd Day)
Western Kingbird 1 at KSP (Todd Day, Ian Topolsky)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 at Sunset Beach (Bob Abrams)
Bank Swallow 2 at southern tip and Oyster (George Armistead)
Sedge Wren 1 at ESVNWR (Jim Stasz, Matt Hafner, party)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 north of KSP (Bob Anderson, Thuy Tran)
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 at Northampton Golf Course (myself, Steve Hairfield)
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 at Oyster (Fenton Day, George Armistead)
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 north of Sunset Beach (George and Harry Armistead)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 at KSP on Friday
Prairie Warbler 1 at Sustainable Technologies Industrial Park
Vesper Sparrow 2 at KSP (George Armistead, true believer)
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 at ESVNWR (Jim Stasz, Matt Hafner, party)
possible Clay-colored x Chipping Sparrow 1 at Webster Plant, Cheriton (myself)
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2 at ESVNWR (Jim Stasz, Matt Hafner, party)
Rusty Blackbird 15 at Tower Hill (myself)
Rusty Blackbird several dozen at KSP (Todd Day, Ian Topolsky)
Baltimore Oriole 1 at Vaucluse Shores (Todd Day, Ian Topolsky)
Baltimore Oriole 1 at ESVNWR (Bill Williams)
Highlights of the day, again, were thousands of robins, tens of thousands of
Tree Swallows, and many field birds -- pipits, bluebirds, larks, and
blackbirds. No strong raptor flight, but a steady stream of Accipiter and
Red-tailed Hawks most of Saturday.
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA
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