[va-richmond-general] Henricus and Points North

Nice turn-out this morning for the Chesterfield Parks and Rec.walk at Henricus. 
Birders ranged from ages 8-80. The weather...well you saw it could not have 
been any better. We birded the bluff, the boardwalk (what's left of it) and 
then some of us stayed and looked over Platform #2 and then moved on to the 
Carillon and Byrd Park-Carillon birds are in italics. Here's the line-up:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck

Osprey (carrying nest material)
Bald Eagle (4 immature)
Red-shouldered hawk
American Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker (pair going in and out of a Sycamore cavity)

Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
Pine warbler

Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle

Great Horned Owl and 2 (maybe 3 owlets)
Cedar Waxwing
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Vulture
Mockingbird

Met 9 new people today-thanks for turning out.
Julie Kacmarcik 
Chester

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