I spent a little over two hours at low tide this afternoon observing the birds
at Lynnhaven Inlet. There wasn't anything unexpected but seeing some of the
shorebirds in breeding plumage was a treat. I saw at least two late female
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 8 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS (my FOS - most in brilliant
breeding plumage), my FOS SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS (these were
a surprise to me since this is not freshwater), 9 DUNLIN (also a sight to see
in breeding plumage), my FOS LEAST TERN (Hey, I bird the Piedmont - this is my
first trip to the coast this spring!). Unfortunately the peeps were too far
away for me to identify. My species list follows.
Rexanne Bruno
Lynchburg, VA
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Observation date: 5/17/07
Number of species: 31
Mallard 3
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Brown Pelican X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey X
Clapper Rail 2
Black-bellied Plover 8
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Willet 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 9
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull 7
Bonaparte's Gull 14
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Royal Tern 33
Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern 1
Least Tern 1
Black Skimmer 17
Mourning Dove 1
Barn Swallow X
American Robin 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Boat-tailed Grackle X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org ;
<http://mail.lynchburg.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ebird.org> )
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