I saw 16 Hudsonian godwits flying SE over the K. G Ponds along route 3 near Sealston VA in King George Co at about 8:45ish this AM. Same birds?
Frederick D. Atwood <fredatwood...>
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_atwoodfrontpage.html
--- On Sat, 8/25/12, <BlkVulture...> <BlkVulture...> wrote:
From: <BlkVulture...> <BlkVulture...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Hubick's Godwits at Holland Point, Anne Arundel, 25 August
To: <mdbirding...>
Cc: <pborowiecki...>, <erichynes28...>, <hcybelle...>, <Icepeep...>, <miliff...>
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:30 AM
Well I'll be damned.�
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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.�
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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.�
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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.�
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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.�
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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11436571
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Cheers,
�
Todd
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Todd Michael Day
Jeffersonton,
Virginia
Culpeper
County
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