I visited Bear Creek Lake State Park in Cumberland County today as part of
the eBird Early Winter Waterbird Count. The Red-tailed Hawk displayed some
interesting behavior, it appeared to grab and carry off a stick from a tree.
I'm not sure if it was gathering nesting material, it may just have misjudged
its landing in the tree. Unfortunately I lost sight of it almost immediately.
Location: Bear Creek Lake State Park
Observation date: 11/20/06
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose 20
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker X
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee X
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 3
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County
