[va-richmond-general] Re: Bandy Field, 5/21/10
- From: David Bryan <dbryan.audubon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:42:53 -0400
I went by James River Park this morning and I found it much the same as
Lewis describes Bandy Field. The only migrants I detected (heard only) were
around 5 Blackpoll Warblers and I believe 1 American Redstart. Other than
that it was all summer residents.
Yesterday Jack Esworthy and I birded the southern portion of Cumberland
State Forest (for 7 hours!) as part of the Central Piedmont IBA survey and
had a great birding/hiking day. Species total was in the mid 40s. I believe
the only migrants, though, were 5 Blackpolls, 1 Black-throated Blue and a
TBD Thrush. Other highlights of summer birds included 21 Hooded Warblers, 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 14 Wood Thrush, 13 Scarlet Tanagers, 3 Prairie
Warblers, 2 Summer Tanagers, 1 Louisiana Waterthrush (lifer!), and 1 singing
Kentucky Warbler (most likely from call). Our two birds with the greatest
numbers were, no huge surprise, 68 Red-eyed Vireos and 61 Ovenbirds!
Looks like migration is at the tail end.
All the best,
-David Bryan, Chesterfield
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Lewis Barnett <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Bandy Field was much quieter today. The only migrant species I found was
> one Swainson's Thrush. That bird did give me a couple of good looks - enough
> to clearly see how the pronounced eye-ring on that species gives it a very
> wide-eyed look compared to Gray-cheeked Thrush, which has a dark eye in a
> mostly gray face. I'm now pretty sure that yesterday I did see (in addition
> to hearing) a Gray-cheeked.
>
> There was good evidence that our summer residents are well-advanced in the
> business of rearing their families. I've seen adult Pine Warblers, Cardinals
> and Brown Thrashers feeding young over the past few days.
>
> I hope those of you who dropped by Bandy today expecting a warbler
> extravaganza based on my earlier posts weren't too disappointed today. It
> was a nice day, and the Cedar Waxwings, Cardinals and Robins gorging on
> mulberries were still pretty entertaining.
>
> Lewis
>
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