Hi VA Birders,
My husband Lee and I spent the morning birding in the SE part of Gloucester
County as part of covering the Western Shore Marshes IBA. We found 58
species and had a great time until the weather got very hot and humid.
We were happy to find good numbers of 2 target species that we're tracking
in this area - Brown-headed Nuthatch (13) and Seaside Sparrow (17 ). Osprey
(27) and Great Egret (15) were also abundant.
We saw 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers, the most we've ever had here, and heard a
Yellow-billed Cuckoo repeatedly calling (a first for us in this area),
Enjoyed seeing 6 Bald Eagles, Yellow-breasted Chat and a fly-over female
Orchard Oriole.
Complete list from ebird is included below.
Meredith Bell
Hayes, VA
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 15
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 27
Bald Eagle 6 3 adults, 3 juveniles
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 3
Willet 3
Laughing Gull 13
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 24
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Seen in 3 different locations, one mid-way
down Jenkins Neck Rd, a pair at the end of Jenkins Neck Rd and one at the
end of King's Creek Rd.
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 6
Purple Martin 11
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 8
Brown-headed Nuthatch 13
House Wren 5
Carolina Wren 5
Eastern Bluebird 9
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 13
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 62
Common Yellowthroat 8
Prairie Warbler 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Eastern Towhee 6
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 2
Seaside Sparrow 17
Northern Cardinal 18
Indigo Bunting 11
Red-winged Blackbird 19
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14592588
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
