Hello VA-Birders,
In addition to spending lots of time in the field the past 2 1/2 days chasing
Ernesto birds, I have been compiling as many of the area sightings as possible,
including DE, MD, VA, DC and the Carolinas. Below is a list of more notable
state or regional birds many folks reported over that time. There were also a
few reports of Sooty Terns in PA and an American Oystercatcher in PA. Sorry if
I missed anything. Feel free to let me know if I did miss anything so I can
add it to the list. Enjoy!
VA, MD, DC, DE Sightings -
Red-necked Phalarope CBBT, Huntley Meadows, Clarke Co, Violettes Lock MD
Red Phalarope Cape Charles
American Avocet - CBBT
Willet OBNWR, Williamsburg
Red Knot - CBBT
Common Tern Various Locales, Violettes Lock MD
Royal Tern Various Inland Locales
Sooty Tern CBBT, Dyke Marsh, Arlington, College Creek, Williamsburg,
Violettes Lock MD, Hains Point DC, Tilghman Island, Lake Needwood MD
Bridled Tern CBBT, OBNWR, Arlington, College Crk, Kiptopeke, Oxbow Lake MD,
Calvert Co MD, Holland Point MD
Arctic Tern Cape Charles
Brown Noddy CBBT, Sunset Bch
unidentified noddy - CBBT
Black Tern - Widespread
Sabine's Gull - CBBT
Lesser Black-Backed Gull Dyke Marsh
Parasitic Jaeger CBBT, OC Inlet, E Neck NWR, Tilghman Is, Holland Pt MD
Pomarine Jaeger CBBT, Violettes Lock MD
Long-tailed Jaeger CBBT, Hains Point DC
Leach's Storm-Petrel - CBBT
Wilson's Storm-Petrel CBBT, Dyke Marsh, Suffolk
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel - CBBT
Black-capped Petrel - CBBT
Bulwer's Petrel CBBT
Sooty Shearwater College Creek
Other Reports from the Carolinas
Corys Shearwater (NC)
South Polar Skua (NC)
Magnificent Frigatebird (SC)
Best to all,
Jay Keller
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