Alex Minarik, Fred Blystone, and I had beautiful morning at Craney Island
near Portsmouth with three American Avocets and a Horned Lark being the
highlights. The American Avocets, in the southwest corner of the middle
impoundment, were close enough for great views with binocs and even a few
amateur digiscoping shots thanks to Fred's outstanding spotting scope.
Here's a link to the Williamsburg Bird Club web site where I posted them:
http://www.wmbgbirdclub.com/index_files/page0008.htm
Note that Craney Island will be closed all day Friday, April 14.
Here is the report as I submitted it to eBird:
Location: Craney Island Disposal Area
Observation date: 4/12/06
Notes: Temperature at 9:15 was 64 degrees. Temperature at 1:30 p.m. was
67 degrees. Winds were light. Clear skies. Observers were Alex Minarik, Fred
Blystone, Shirley Devan. Recorder was Alex Minarik. Light truck traffic
around island.
Number of species: 45
Canada Goose 2
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 6
Northern Shoveler 122
Green-winged Teal 12
Surf Scoter 2
Bufflehead 11
Ruddy Duck 91
Northern Gannet 2
Double-crested Cormorant 116
Great Egret 1
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 10
American Avocet 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 33
Sanderling 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 125
Least Sandpiper 8
Dunlin 185
Laughing Gull 11
Ring-billed Gull 27
Herring Gull 292
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Royal Tern 53
Mourning Dove 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 1
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 17
Common Yellowthroat 8
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 17
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 54
Common Grackle 3
House Finch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
Shirley Devan
Williamsburg Bird Club
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