[va-richmond-general] Weekend field trips

["IE Ries" <FEATHERCHASER@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  I had the pleasure of leading two field trips this weekend - Saturday was 
Point-of-Rocks Park, and Sunday was Powhite Park.  
  Highlights at Point-of-Rocks include a pair of Osprey, one with fish in 
talons, circling right over head and giving us a nice view of the catch; and a 
Grey-cheeked Thrush who was kind enough to pose for us and serenade us a bit, 
too.  Indigo Buntings now have a new motto:  "This bunting's for you!"  

  Highlights at Powhite (after all the singing and we finally got to see the 
birds) include tanagers, dueling Red-bellied Woodpeckers, a very visible pair 
of Great Crested Flycatchers just fresh from their nest cavity in a dead tree 
snag, and singing in the morning sunshine, a noise and raucous Titmouse family 
feeding, Close Encounters of the Hummer Kind, and a lovely Green Heron (which 
we have unanimously decided should be renamed "Plum-breasted Heron").

  Here's our list for Point-of-Rocks:

  Great Blue Heron        Vulture (Turkey, Black)        Canada Goose        
Wood Duck        Osprey (pair)        Bald Eagle (j)

  Red-shouldered Hawk (pair)        Northern Bobwhite*       Mourning Dove      
  Barred Owl*        Chimney Swift

  Ruby-throated Hummingbird*        Red-bellied Woodpecker         Northern 
Flicker        Pileated Woodpecker    

  Wood Pee-wee        Acadian Flycatcher*        Great Crested Flycatcher*      
  Eastern Kingbird        White-eyed Vireo

  Red-eyed Vireo        Blue Jay        Crow (American, Fish)        Tree 
Swallow        Carolina Chickadee

  Tufted Titmouse        White-breasted Nuthatch        Carolina Wren        
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher        Eastern Bluebird

  Gray-cheeked Thrush        American Robin        Northern Mockingbird        
Brown Thrasher        Yellow-throated Warbler

  American Redstart        Prothonotary Warbler        Common Yellowthroat      
  Rufous-sided Towhee*        Song Sparrow

  Northern Cardinal        Indigo Bunting (m)        Red-winged Blackbird       
 Common Grackle (lots and very busy)    

  Brown-headed Cowbird        American Goldfinch  



  Our list for Powhite:

  American Robin        Carolina Wren*        Northern Cardinal        Summer 
Tanager        Wood Thrush*        Red-eyed Vireo*

  Tufted Titmouse        Acadian Flycatcher*        Scarlet Tanager        Wood 
Pee-wee*        Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

  Norther Flicker*          Red-bellied Woodpecker        Tree Swallow        
American Crow        Carolina Chickadee

  Ruby-throated Hummingbird (m)        Blue Jay        Common Grackle        
Brown-headed Cowbird (f)        

  Indigo Bunting (m)        White-eyed Vireo        Eastern Bluebird        
Downy Woodpecker*        Green Heron

  Pileated Woodpecker        Willow Flycatcher (we all concurred it to be the 
most likely candidate after watching 3 individuals in a nearby tree)

  American Goldfinch (m)        Eastern Phoebe        Belted Kingfisher        
Common Yellowthroat



  Key:

  f = female
  j = juvenile
  m = male
  * = auditory ID only

  Happy Birding!!

  Irene in Southside        

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