Checklist S60738421

Observations

1. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  9

2. Mallard

   Number observed:  2

3. Semipalmated Plover

   Number observed:  6

4. Solitary Sandpiper

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Personal latest fall record in Virginia Beach, though only slightly late of 15 Oct set departure date. Small shorebird showing clean white undersides, dark above with white spotting, white eye spectacles, dark bill, greenish yellow legs. More horizontally postured when foraging than Lesser Yellowlegs, which was also present here on E Pool. Photographed from considerable distance, see low quality ID shots below.

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5. Lesser Yellowlegs

   Number observed:  3

6. Greater Yellowlegs

   Number observed:  8

7. Dunlin

   Number observed:  1

8. Semipalmated Sandpiper

   Number observed:  8

9. Laughing Gull

   Number observed:  1

10. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  1

11. Caspian Tern

    Number observed:  2

12. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  3

13. Pied-billed Grebe

    Number observed:  1

14. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  53

15. Snowy Egret

    Number observed:  1

16. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  17

17. Cooper's Hawk

    Number observed:  1

18. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  2

19. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  27

20. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  1

21. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  3

22. American Crow

    Number observed:  2

23. Carolina Chickadee

    Number observed:  2

24. Tufted Titmouse

    Number observed:  1

25. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  100

26. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  1

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27. Northern House Wren

    Number observed:  2

28. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  6

29. European Starling

    Number observed:  7

    Exotic: Naturalized

30. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  7

31. Brown Thrasher

    Number observed:  2

32. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  5

33. American Robin

    Number observed:  6

34. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  1

35. House Finch

    Number observed:  8

    Exotic: Naturalized

36. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

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37. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

38. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  1

39. Eastern Meadowlark

    Number observed:  3

40. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  6

41. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  40

42. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  1

43. Black-throated Blue Warbler

    Number observed:  1

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44. Palm Warbler (Western)

    Number observed:  2

45. Pine Warbler

    Number observed:  2

46. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  400

    Details

    Could have been 500, could have been 1000 or more. Constant groups passing overhead with plenty of them landing in the scrub and working northward. Difficult to accurately quantify, but loads present for the first time this fall.

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47. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  5