Ducks, Shorebirds, etc. at Hunting Creek, VA
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 20:05:50 EST
Folks,
Poor weather and appointments kept me from doing a full count, but here are
some abbreviated sightings for today, 10 Nov 98 at 0830-0900 and 1230-1300 for
the hydrilla mats north of Wilson Bridge as seen from Jones Pt and the Hunting
Creek mudflats.
Hydrilla mats:
Pied-billed Grebe - 34
Double-crested Cormorants - 12+
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 1
Canada Goose - 100+
Mallard - 12+
No. Pintail - 100+
No. Shoveler - 10+
Scaup Sp. - 1
Bufflehead - 6
Laughing Gull - 20+
Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern - 2+
Kingfisher - 1
Hunting Creek mudflats
Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, gulls, Kingfisher and...
Tundra Swan - 1
Mute Swan - 1
Canada Goose - 50+
Mallards - 12+
Black Duck - 10+
Bald Eagle - 1
Killdeer - 54
Dunlin - 17 (during low tide, 0830)
Kurt Gaskill, kurtcapt@aol.com