[nnasnet] Some FOY birds
- From: Paul Dennehy <dennepj10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nnasnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 23:41:10 -0400
Had a good day out birding Northumberland and Lancaster counties today.
Highlights at Hughlett Point were first-of-year SUMMER TANAGERS, AMERICAN
REDSTART, and BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Also had lots of shorebird
movement, with 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER being the highlight. On the road
to Dameron Marsh, I heard my first GRASSHOPPER SPARROW of the year. At
Dameron Marsh, there were quite a few shorebirds on the mudflats, including
3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 6 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
and the other usual suspects. One CLAPPER RAIL was calling. At Hickory
Hollow, there were ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS calling all along the trail
(first-of-year for me, but others have said they've been hearing them
around for a couple weeks now). Also, at the swamp, I observed the pair of
PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS copulating, so hopefully there will be some
successful nesting happening there. I met up with some other birders at
Belle Isle, where we saw a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and a flyby
SOLITARY SANDPIPER. I also stopped by Windmill Point, but didn't see
anything unusual.
Happy birding!
Paul Dennehy
Kilmarnock, VA
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