Fellow Birders,
Hog Island, Surry County, was closed today for a controlled hunt.
Apparently it had been closed previous days this week.
Mitchell Byrd and I found Craney Island to be full of birds during our all
too brief visit there this afternoon. We found no "grasspipers",
unfortunately. Noteworthy, however, were (at 3:00 p.m.) :
Northern Shoveler-10-12
Green-winged Teal-@ least one
Blue-winged Teal-6-8
Northern Harrier-1 adult male
American Avocet-8-off first cross-dike road
Red Knot-1 basic plumaged adult-southwest corner
Red-necked Phalarope-2-off first cross-dike road
Wilson's Phalarope-1-off first cross-dike road
Gull-billed Tern-2 +
Caspian Tern-ca 400
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern-1-southwest corner
Additional shorebirds included: Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, both
Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone (2),Sanderling (10-12), Short-billed Dowitcher
(100+), Willet (2 Western), numerous Least, Semipalmated, Western, Pectoral
Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper.
Bill Williams
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