[va-richmond-general] COMMON RAVEN at Amelia WMA 11/2/2008

This morning I paid a visit to Amelia WMA in the hope of finding some early 
waterfowl on the lake.  No luck, but, instead I found a COMMON RAVEN!

Full species list:


Location:     Amelia WMA 
Observation date:     11/2/08 
Number of species:     24 

Great Blue Heron     2 
Black Vulture     3 
Turkey Vulture     3 
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     X 
Downy Woodpecker     1 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     3 
Eastern Phoebe     1 
Blue Jay     6 
American Crow     7 
Common Raven     1     Heard distinctive "cronk" call several times between 
9:00 and 9:35 AM.  Seen once around 9:15, calling while flying.  Larger with 
heavier head and beak and longer tail than 2 adjacent American Crows, primaries 
with deeply indented "fingers".  Distinctively different flight style, with 
flat winged glides, did not have "rowing" flight style of the crows. 

Carolina Chickadee     2 
Carolina Wren     1 
American Robin     16 
Northern Mockingbird     X 
European Starling     2 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2 
Eastern Towhee     X 
Field Sparrow     2 
Song Sparrow     X 
White-throated Sparrow     3 
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2 
Northern Cardinal     4 
American Goldfinch     2 

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) 



Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County

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