ODU's Field Ornithology class led by Dr Eric Walters was at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Nov 20,2012, when his students identified a Northern Lapwing. Two ODU Biology graduate students in the class, Natasha Hagemeyer and Robyn Nadolny, were the ones to first identify the rarity.
This European / Asian species has never been seen in Virginia before. It is making national headlines among the birding community.
http://www.odu.edu/news/2012/11/northern_lapwing_sig
http://blog.aba.org/2012/11/abarare-northern-lapwing-virginia.html
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