Well I'll be damned. While walking my dog this morning, at around 8:30 or so I saw an approaching flock of what I thought were large shorebirds flying down the bay. The wind was steady at 15 or so, and quite a bit gusty. I originally saw the birds from a couple hundred yards ahead of me, less than 100 feet off the water, and less than 200 yards off shore. I stepped on the dog's leash and was able to watch and count sixteen Hubicki Hudsonian Godwits. (I think Bill strung the last three.) I have some notes in the eBird submission linked below. I was pleased to see Bill's report of seeing them at Fort Smallwood earlier this morning. The timing is certainly such that these are possibly (and likely) the same flock. Since this morning's sightings, there has been a steady flow of Double-crested Cormorants moving south down the bay, and a few dozen Great Black-backed Gulls. There's a lot more action just off my pier today with the east/northeast wind. I am also hosting a ton of hummingbirds. I've never put feeders out here before, as we are typically only here on weekends. But, I've been here since mid-July, and have nine feeders out. I can easily count a dozen or so birds in a day, based a bit on plumage difference, but also number seen at one time. Hopefully I'll be able to keep them full throughout fall and into November, and get something different. _http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11436571_ (http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11436571) Cheers, Todd ------------------------------- Todd Michael Day Jeffersonton, Virginia Culpeper County <blkvulture...> -------------------------------
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