Checklist S152391535

Observations

1. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  9

2. American Black Duck

   Number observed:  5

3. Northern Pintail

   Number observed:  4

4. Green-winged Teal (American)

   Number observed:  11

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5. Surf Scoter

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Northbound Drake along the beach right around dawn; photographed.

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6. Yellow-billed Cuckoo

   Number observed:  2

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7. Killdeer

   Number observed:  1

8. Wilson's Snipe

   Number observed:  2

9. Greater Yellowlegs

   Number observed:  2

10. Sanderling

    Number observed:  110

11. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  6

12. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  4

13. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  1

14. Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  16

15. Caspian Tern

    Number observed:  4

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16. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  2

17. Pied-billed Grebe

    Number observed:  2

18. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  65

19. White Ibis

    Number observed:  55

20. Great Egret

    Number observed:  4

21. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  2

22. Brown Pelican

    Number observed:  2

23. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  1

24. Osprey (American)

    Number observed:  1

25. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Number observed:  1

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26. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

27. Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)

    Number observed:  1

28. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  8

29. woodpecker sp.

    Number observed:  2

30. Merlin (Taiga)

    Number observed:  1

31. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  2

32. American Crow

    Number observed:  5

33. Carolina Chickadee

    Number observed:  2

34. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  50

35. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  6

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36. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  2

37. Northern House Wren (Northern)

    Number observed:  2

38. Sedge Wren

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Personal first-of-fall in Virginia Beach; heard giving calls, then seen and photographed near the handicap fishing parking spots west of D Pool.

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39. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  4

40. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  8

41. Brown Thrasher

    Number observed:  5

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42. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  6

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43. American Robin

    Number observed:  1

44. House Finch

    Number observed:  23

    Exotic: Naturalized

45. Clay-colored Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Beautiful Spizella sparrow with tan loves, black eye line only behind eye, vivid white malar edged dark, light pink bill, soft gray nape. Photographed under the live oak thicket on the north side of the waterfowl blind.

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46. White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Immature. Large sparrow with clean undersidedms, black eye line, rufous brown cap with creamy medial crown stripe, pink bill unless the orange of rarer GWCS. Personal first-of-fall in Virginia Beach; photographed along the west side of the dike access road next to E Pool, about 75-100 yards south of the parking area before the East & West dikes split off. Flew off after a few seconds north towards the Raptor Trail.

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47. Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)

    Number observed:  2

48. Swamp Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

49. Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)

    Number observed:  1

50. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)

    Number observed:  26

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51. Ovenbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Warbler with black streaking against white undersides, orangey crown, bold eye ring, olive back. Late individual, and a good bird along the immediate coast here in general. Seen well and then photographed on the east side of the East Dike, a hundred yards or so north of the waterfowl blind meadow.

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52. Black-and-white Warbler

    Number observed:  1

53. Nashville Warbler

    Number observed:  1

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54. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  5

55. American Redstart

    Number observed:  5

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56. Cape May Warbler

    Number observed:  3

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57. Northern Parula

    Number observed:  7

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58. Blackpoll Warbler

    Number observed:  1

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59. Black-throated Blue Warbler

    Number observed:  2

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60. Palm Warbler (Western)

    Number observed:  11

61. Palm Warbler (Yellow)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    First of this race that I've seen at the refuge this season; photographed.

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62. Pine Warbler

    Number observed:  1

63. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  100

64. Prairie Warbler

    Number observed:  1

65. Black-throated Green Warbler

    Number observed:  1

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66. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  4

67. Dickcissel

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    One vocal birded landed atop the live oak thicket by the waterfowl blind while I was under it, then continued calling as it moved north. After walking north past the maintenance access road, another calling bird flew over me with some HOFI headed northbound. I was able to record that individual's flight calls as it approached and passed over. Then, a third individual was heard in the septic field north of the visitor center and then seen and photographed. It is possible all three of these were the same individual working northward and stopping along the way, though it is also possible these were three different individuals. Had I been walking southbound and the birds been going northbound, or had I been stationary with the birds passing over me, it would be easy to call this three different birds, however since I was walking the same direction as the sightings occurred in, I feel like this is best as a 1-count even though the count was anywhere from 1 to 3.

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