I spent most of the day birdwatching on both tracts of the Hog Island WMA in
Surry. Although my trip was cut short due to an approaching thunderstorm, I
was still able to spot 53 species of birds. Although I did not see anything
too unusual, highlights included: seeing a SNOWY EGRET and BLACK SKIMMER
standing next to four CASPIAN TERNS on the edge of a lake, a RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER (as I have never seen one there before), a very cooperative
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and a surprised female WOOD DUCK surrounded by
ducklings who proceeded to put on quite a show of being flightless to
protect her young. Also, I found it strange that all five of the ORCHARD
ORIOLES I saw had the plumage of an immature male. As always I had a great
experience at this location, as I hardly saw another human being and saw
alot of great birds. Take it easy folks.
Nick Flanders.
Newport News, VA.
Location: Hog Island Waterfowl Management Area
Observation date: 6/11/07
Number of species: 53
Canada Goose 27
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 16
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 26
Great Egret 20
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 23
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 3
Caspian Tern 4
Black Skimmer 1
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 4
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
American Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 16
Pine Warbler 13
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 12
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 8
Red-winged Blackbird 19
Common Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 5
American Goldfinch 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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