I too saw a rose-breasted grosbeak recently - it got onto our feeder to eat. I also have seen recently hummingbirds, catbirds, song sparrows, and a large number of white-throated sparrows. Judging from what happened last year, the white-throated sparrows are about to leave for the summer. Jim Blowers _____ From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Haney Sent: Saturday, 2010 May 01 13:00 To: bigadfromlb@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Virginia Birds; Richmond Birds; Sue D'Onofrio Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: ARP 5/1 My first rose-breasted grosbeak in two years at feeder today-two of them plus catbird and hummingbird checking out the other feeders. Nice birthday present Richard Haney Sent from my iPod On May 1, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Adam D'Onofrio <bigadfromlb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Tina Trice and I took a nice stroll around Appomattox Riverside Park in Dinwiddie County this morning. It wasn't terribly birdy but we did pick up a few firsts for the year including ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, SCARLET TANAGER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Full list from ebird below. Good birding. Adam D'Onofrio Dinwiddie Co. Location: Appomattox Riverside Park Observation date: 5/1/10 Number of species: 60 Canada Goose 2 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 4 White-eyed Vireo 8 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 8 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 2 Fish Crow 2 Barn Swallow 3 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 8 Carolina Wren 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 12 Northern Parula 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 30 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 Prairie Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Prothonotary Warbler 4 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 4 Common Grackle 12 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Orchard Oriole 4 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2( <http://ebird.org/> http://ebird.org)