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["Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We saw blue stars, a yellow flower related to parsley, and another tiny blue
flower with a small hymenopterous insect in it - a small bee or wasp. We
also saw huge numbers of toads and we saved two toads who had fallen in a
hole in the rocks next to the river and could not get out.

 

Jim Blowers

 

 

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From: juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, 2007 May 3 06:19
To: jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Jim Blowers
Subject: Re: [va-richmond-general] Wildflower Hike

 

...what wildflowers did you see?

Julie

 

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From: "Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

Today Anne and I went on a wildflower hike with the Chesterfield Parks and
Recreation department, led by Mark Battista. It was really hot and the
locations were sunny, making it a trying experience for us all. But we did
see many wildflowers, as well as some birds. The most majestic appearing was
a faraway great blue heron. Here are the birds we saw and heard today:

 

Saw:

 

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose 

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Yellowthroat

White-eyed vireo

Grackle

Cormorant

Mourning Dove

Sandpiper - probably common or spotted

 

Heard but not saw

 

Red-eyed vireo

Red-bellied woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Cardinal

 

Other animals

 

Two trapped toads - we freed them

Many other toads

Water snake

Hedgehog

Some butterflies

 

Jim Blowers