I would add the following 'species of interest' to Val Kitchens' posting
about the NVBC trip to Chincoteague last weekend:
Common Loon: we had 2, one still in basic plumage, the other in full breeding
plumage.
Surf Scoter: we had an adult male in the channel between the islands and the
mainland.
Black-billed Cuckoo: one on the Woodland Trail
Yellow-breasted Chat: 3 were seen on the Woodland Trail, each about 60-80
feet high in isolated trees. Two of these were seen making display flights.
Willow Flycatcher: Val has already reported our seeing 6-8 of these on the
road to the Wash Flats. We had others along the Woodland Trail.
Interestingly, not one of these birds vocalized and we had to 'presume'
Willow' rather than 'Alder' -- not unreasonable given the numbers of birds
seen and the location. [On return home in Annandale, I had a similar bird in
my garden -- but this one was vocalizing and was a definite Willow. My first
yard record.]
We looked in detail at a large number of Glossy Ibises, but failed to locate
the White-faced seen by others. We did have one or two with faint amounts of
white in the face, but no red in the face and with dark eyes.
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On return home, besides the Willow Flycatcher noted above, found a male
Mourning Warbler in my local patch (5/21). It was at the edge of riparian
woodland along Accotink Creek, immediately west of Wakefield Park.
Stephen Eccles
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