[va-richmond-general] Ducks along the James River near Richmond

I've been following the e-mails about all the ducks along the James in 
Richmond.? Today I went to Robious Landing Park, in western Chesterfield, and 
found 90 RING-NECKED DUCKS?along with 5 BUFFLEHEADS and 10 HOODED MERGANSERS.? 
Further west (upstream) there were even larger rafts of ducks that were too 
distant to identify.

What is noteworthy about these sightings is that other than the occasional 
Mallard, ducks are rare along this section of the James.

Full species list: 


Location:???? Robious Landing Park CRI13
Observation date:???? 2/6/09
Number of species:???? 23

Ring-necked Duck???? 90
Bufflehead???? 5
Hooded Merganser???? 10
Black Vulture???? 1
Turkey Vulture???? 3
Red-tailed Hawk???? 1
Red-headed Woodpecker???? 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker???? 1
Downy Woodpecker???? 2
Hairy Woodpecker???? 1
Northern Flicker???? 2
Eastern Phoebe???? 1
Blue Jay???? 2
American Crow???? 2
Carolina Chickadee???? X
Tufted Titmouse???? 2
White-breasted Nuthatch???? 2
Carolina Wren???? 2
Eastern Bluebird???? 4
Song Sparrow???? 2
White-throated Sparrow???? 13
Dark-eyed Junco???? 1
Northern Cardinal???? 3

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

Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County

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