[va-richmond-general] Shirley Plantation, Charles City Co.

I did some birding by car today (because of the rain).  I drove through
Shirley Plantation in Charles City County.  The fields are flooded and
muddy, and shorebirds were everywhere!  But, the highlight was a CATTLE
EGRET and a flock of BOBOLINKS.  Other notables:

 

Wood ducks (several males and a female with babies in tow)

American Coot (still hanging around)

Barred Owl (not seen, heard calling from a distance)

Least Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Wilson's Snipe

Solitary Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-eyed Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Chimney Swift

American Kestrel

Eastern Kingbird

Northern Bobwhite (heard)

Orchard Oriole

Eastern Meadowlark

Field Sparrow

Green Heron

 

Also, here at home, I had three SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and one SOLITARY
SANDPIPER seen from the yard, feeding at the edge of the lake.

 

Rachel Echols

Chester, VA

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