Checklist S59079339

Observations

1. Mourning Dove

   Number observed:  2

2. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

   Number observed:  1

3. Semipalmated Plover

   Number observed:  6

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4. Willet

   Number observed:  2

5. Sanderling

   Number observed:  18

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6. Laughing Gull

   Number observed:  13

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7. Great Black-backed Gull

   Number observed:  3

8. Least Tern

   Number observed:  1

9. Caspian Tern

   Number observed:  1

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10. Black Tern

    Number observed:  2

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11. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  7

12. Common Tern

    Number observed:  171

    Details

    Low pressure system moved offshore of the Outer Banks this morning, with rain in Virginia Beach halting around 11:00 or soon after. Counter clockwise spin off the system put easterlies onshore and seemed to cause a large southbound movement of terns (perhaps birds displaced northward by the storm simply returning to where they were). Seven tern species observed, though no GBTE present, lots of Commons.

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13. Sandwich Tern

    Number observed:  54

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14. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  9

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15. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  1

16. Brown Pelican

    Number observed:  69

17. Osprey

    Number observed:  1

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18. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Immature flew right over the road access to the beach. First time I have ever had one at the park, quite rare on the immediate coastline, a very nice surprise as I was chatting with Brian the warden.

19. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

20. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  2

21. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  3

22. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  1

23. House Finch

    Number observed:  5

    Exotic: Naturalized

24. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  1

25. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  2