Eat your heart out, Virginia Beach, you were among the top 10 cities in the United States for participation in last year’s Great Backyard Bird Count.

But Saturday at 4 p.m., you were  nowhere to be seen on the top 10 list.
 But Williamsburg was in the top 10 and so was Raleigh, Durham, and Charlotte, N.C.

Pam Monahan and some of her neighfors  at West Neck in Virginai Beach have a bird watching club. and the group set out early Friday on the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count.  Monahan sent this report:
The Backyard Birdwatchers of West Neck participated in Day One of the Great Backyard Bird Count.
Five members began the day at 8 am at Honey Bee Golf Course, in the fog.