[va-richmond-general] Forest Hill Park hike

Today 5 people from the Savvy Seniors group at the First UU Church of
Richmond hiked all the way around the Forest Hill Park trail from 10 am to
12 noon, including Anne and I. It was supposed to be a "wildflower" hike,
and we did see bluettes, huge mushrooms, sweet gum blooms, English ivy and
poison ivy (beware) and several other flowers. We also saw a toad, some
snakes, and some turtles. 

 

We saw quite a few birds as well, and I took down this list:

 

Cardinal h

Catbird

Grackle 4

Hummingbird

Indigo bunting

Mourning dove h

Phoebe

Red tailed hawk

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-eyed vireo

Redwing Blackbird 3

Robin 2

Starling

White-eyed vireo

 

"h" means heard but not seen. All counts are 1 unless I specify otherwise. I
did not personally see the hummingbird, so I don't know whether it was a
ruby-throated or a rufous. I have not seen one at my house as of yet. The
indigo bunting was a female, with a dash of blue on her head.

 

I think that Lewis Barnett was conducting a hike at the same park at 6 am,
and I wonder if he saw the same birds we did.

 

Jim Blowers

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