FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Henricus 9/3/06

[WEalding@xxxxxxx]

I stopped in at Henricus this morning while out running errands, hoping  
there might be some goodies left over from Ernesto.  Nothing unusual in the  
way 
of species, what was unusual was the large number (16) of GREAT EGRETS in  the 
freshwater swamp. It's not unusual to see one or two, but I can't recall  ever 
seeing so many there.  Also notable were a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO  at eye level 
and about 10 feet away from the second observation deck, and a  CHIPPING 
SPARROW that was so engaged in catching and eating a moth on the ground  that 
it 
let me approach within 6 feet.
 
Location:     Henricus - Dutch Gap Conservation  Area
Observation date:     9/3/06
Number of species:   38

Canada Goose     25
Double-crested  Cormorant     1
Great Blue Heron     1
Great  Egret     16
Black Vulture     7
Turkey  Vulture     1
Osprey     3
Bald Eagle   1
Killdeer     1
Short-billed Dowitcher   1
Laughing Gull     7
Ring-billed Gull   4
Mourning Dove     6
Yellow-billed  Cuckoo     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird      1
Belted Kingfisher     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker   X
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern  Flicker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     X
Blue  Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish  Crow     10
Tree Swallow     2
Carolina  Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse      X
White-breasted Nuthatch     X
Carolina Wren   2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     X
Eastern  Bluebird     12
American Robin      4
Northern Mockingbird     1
Pine Warbler   1
Chipping Sparrow     2
Northern  Cardinal     2
Indigo Bunting      1
Red-winged Blackbird     1
American Goldfinch   4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2  (http://www.ebird.org)


Wendy  Ealding
Chesterfield County