On another Richmond birding note, I birded the boardwalk/"Citie of Henricus"
portion of Dutch Gap/Henricus East of Chester, S of Richmond, on the morning
of Jan. 11th. 0915-1130, 17 degrees up to 32 upon arrival home, front
entrance frozen, thus no ducks. A banner day for bald eagles:
Bald Eagle: 14 birds. (9 imm., 5 adult) observed overlooking the confluence
of the James River and the horshoe branch of Dutch Gap. Most were perched
across the river, easily visible in the trees through scope. One flew up
the cliffside and perched in a tree in which I happened to be viewing a C.
Wren through binocs, about 40 feet away. Fantastic view of what appeared to
be a 2nd year bird -- looking right at me with penetrating eyes. Quite a
treat, really.
Broad-winged hawk: 1 (light juvenile)
Carolina Wren
White-Throated sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Slate colored Junco (dark eyed...)
Tufted Titmouse
C. Chickadee
Am. Crow
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Ring-billed gulls
Laughing Gull (just one!)
Herring Gull
Great Blue Heron
From: arun bose <arunbose@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [va-bird] Richmond Birds
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 22:09:05 -0500
Hello Birders
Saturday (01.10.04) morning (8:OOam - 10:00am) I Birded the Floodwall and
Ancarrow Boat Ramp in the James River Park System with John Coe. We were
birding this area as part of the James River winter bird count, organized
by
Richmond Audubon Society. Very cold, especially with the wind. Below is not
a complete list.
FLOODWALL
Fair numbers of gulls.
Ring-billed Gull - c.150
Herring Gull - c.450
Great Black - backed Gull- c.250
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL- 1 ad. winter
ANCARROW BOAT RAMP
Bald Eagle - imm.
Coopers Hawk - ad.
Hermit Thrush - 1
Ruby Crowned Kinglet - 3
This morning (8:00am - 9:00am) I birded Powhite Park. Again, very cold.
A few White-throated and Song Sparrow, 2 Hermit Thrush, 2 Rusty BlackBird,
single Golden Crowned Kinglet and Brown Creeper.
- Arun
Richmond, VA
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