[va-richmond-general] Blackpolls/Worm-eaters and winter hold-overs in Chester: 3 May 2009

Got rained out of banding today...but a light mist is my favorite day to be in the garden to pull weeds and plant. It's hard to garden though with binoculars around your neck-but the bird song was incredible. Here's some highlights from our little yard in Chester and the wetland behind.

 

Red-shouldered Hawk

Ring-billed Gull

Greater Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Wood Duck

Green Heron

Great-crested Flycatcher

 

Yellow warbler

Northern Parula

Blackpoll warbler

Worm-eating warbler

Yellow-throated warbler

American Redstart

 

Black-throated Blue warbler

Prairie warbler

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher

Grey Catbird

Chimney Swift

Wood thrush

 

Cedar waxwing

Pine siskin

White-throated sparrow

Brown-headed Nuthatch

American Robin (fledglings)

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Chickadee (nestlings)

 

Have a good week,

JulieK