Wrightsville Beach - 2003

Michelle and I enjoyed birding the Wrightsville Beach, NC area this past weekend. I had been tracking the reports of alcids seen at the beach in the last couple of weeks and hoped they would remain in the area. We were not disappointed - finding two Dovekie and five Razorbills over the weekend. The Dovekie were seen on Friday, April 4th from the Johnnie Mercer's Pier at about 6:30 a.m. - flying south. After getting back to Virginia on Sunday night I noted that Karen Bearden of Raleigh, NC had reported a Dovekie from the same spot only a couple of hours after we spotted ours. We spotted two Razorbills at the Masonboro Inlet jetty on Friday and two at the same location on Sunday. A fifth Razorbill was found in the Intracoastal Waterway on Sunday - making a total of at least three individual birds. I also saw where two Razorbills and a Thick-billed Murre were reported Saturday on the NC Bird List at the jetty. We failed to relocate the Murre on Sunday.