It was a pleasant cool morning for a hike around Beaver Lake at Pocahontas
State Park. There was a SPOTTED SANDPIPER seen flying and perched near the
dam. It seems a little early for a fall migrant and the bird was not in full
breeding plumage - it had spots on the breast but not the belly.
Other highlights included a GREAT BLUE HERON wrestling with a huge fish
about 15" long that it couldn't swallow. It stabbed the fish repeatedly,
tossed
it on the ground with an audible thwack that I could hear from across the
dam. I also had great close-up looks at an OVENBIRD and a female COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT.
Full species list:
Location: Pocahontas State Park
Observation date: 7/8/06
Notes: Beaver Lake Trail
Number of species: 34
X = present, heard only
Wood Duck 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher X
Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-throated Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Eastern Bluebird X
Wood Thrush 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler X
Scarlet Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird 15
American Goldfinch X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
Wendy Ealding
Chesterfield County
