A pleasant hike around the Beaver Lake Trail at Pocahontas SP turned up a GREAT EGRET.  Not a lot of signs of migration; there were at least half a dozen singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS (outnumbering the RED-EYEDS).

 

Full list follows:

 

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Wood Duck

Red-shouldered Hawk

Killdeer

 

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Belted Kingfisher

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

 

Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Pewee

Blue Jay

American Crow

 

Carolina Chickadee

Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Wood Thrush (nice look)

 

Robin

Yellow-throated Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Cardinal

Goldfinch

 

Also I heard some buzzing and scuffling among the leaves at the side of the trail.  I saw something green and white struggling on the ground.  Thinking it might be a female hummingbird entangled in something, I went to investigate and found what appeared to be a large hornet attacking a cicada.  I carefully separated them with a large stick, and the cicada flew off, apparently unharmed.  The hornet was pretty hefty ( about the size of my thumb to the joint) and yellow and black - like a very fat yellowjacket.