[va-richmond-general] Hog Island, 4/16

Sorry for the late posting on this. I was exhausted yesterday and very busy 
today.
Well, 8 birders braved the wind and the cold and were rewarded with 62 bird 
species at Hog Island this Saturday in about 6 hours. The numbers of some birds 
was incredible. I'm sure we saw at least 20 eagles, about 1/3 of which were 
adults. I don't recall ever seeing that many eagles there before. There were at 
least as many Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, and Yellowlegs, as well. Other 
species of note were Long-billed Dowitcher, Dunlin, both teals, three tern 
species, and some lingering wintering waterfowl. We also had 2 mammals and 2 
reptiles: Gray Fox, Muskrat, Painted Turtles, and a Black Racer that was doing 
a very good impression of a King Cobra!

Here is the full bird list:

Eastern Towhee
Bald Eagle
Canada Geese (over 100)
Osprey 
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Warbler
Great Blue Heron
Yellow-throated Warbler
Double-crested Cormorant (at least 60)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Herring Gull (numerous)
Ring-billed Gull (numerous)
Bonaparte's Gull (24)
Laughing Gull (over 60)
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Killdeer
Great Egret
Greater Yellowlegs (I stopped counting at 25. There were probably almost twice 
that amount)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Mallard
Fish Crow
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Kingbird
Foster's Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal  (nearly 70)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Carolina Chickadee
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Shoveler (3 - 2 males, 1 female)
European Starling
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Carolina Wren
Glossy Ibis (1)
Belted Kingfisher
Dunlin (12)
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Eastern Bluebird
American Coot
Palm Warbler
Wilson's Snipe
Purple Martin
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove 
Common Grackle
Long-billed Dowitcher

Michael Shapiro
Short Pump
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