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Long-billed CUrlew and Reddish Egrets on Shackleford Banks



Last Sunday, the 20th, my daughter Elisa and another Virginia birder spent 7 hours on Shackleford Banks, near the eastern end.

The Long-billed Curlew and several Whimbrel were a short distance west of the landing.

Three Reddish Egrets were present.

Commonest shorebird dowitchers, with many (50?) Wilson's Plover (one having to be freed from a scallop), some Marbled Godwit.

Orchard Orioles in the woody vegetation. Elisa suspects the 40+ seed ticks she picked up also were in the woody vegetation.



-Frank Enders, Halifax, NC

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