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Location Princess Anne WMA--Whitehurst Tract
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Owner Rob Bielawski

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  1.2 mi

Checklist Comments

81 deg F, a brief period of sun but otherwise overcast, threatening clouds to south and north but never rained, breezy.

Submitted from eBird for Android, version 1.9

Totals

33
Species Observed
+1 other taxa, 180 individuals
9
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Number observed:  1

  2. Killdeer

    Number observed:  10

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  3. Semipalmated Plover

    Number observed:  13

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  4. Marbled Godwit

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Large shorebirds showing cinnamon body coloration, long pink bills slightly upturned, not straight like Willet nor downward curved like Whimbrel. The group of three flew in from the west, dropping down and appearing as if they would land but instead vocalized loudly and banked upward above the trees. They made one loop overhead then sped off due east towards Back Bay. This is only my third record in Virginia Beach and is my first of more than one individual, as well as my first not immediately coastal adjacent. First record of more than one in Virginia Beach since 2011, and the highest count since 4 were recorded in 1999 at Back Bay NWR. Photographed poorly in flight, see below.

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  5. Solitary Sandpiper

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    All 5 in view simultaneously.

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  6. Lesser Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  1

  7. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  23

  8. Pectoral Sandpiper

    Number observed:  14

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  9. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  2

  10. White Ibis

    Number observed:  3

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  11. Glossy Ibis

    Number observed:  1

  12. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    All juveniles in view simultaneously.

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  13. Little Blue Heron

    Number observed:  11

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  14. Tricolored Heron

    Number observed:  2

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  15. Great Egret

    Number observed:  1

  16. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  2

  17. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  3

  18. Osprey

    Number observed:  1

  19. hawk sp.

    Number observed:  1

  20. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

  21. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  22. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

  23. White-eyed Vireo

    Number observed:  1

  24. American Crow

    Number observed:  2

  25. Carolina Chickadee

    Number observed:  1

  26. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  3

  27. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  2

  28. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  1

  29. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  60

  30. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  1

  31. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  1

  32. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  1

  33. Blue Grosbeak

    Number observed:  1

  34. Indigo Bunting

    Number observed:  3
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