I enjoyed Saturday morning at the James River Park with RIchmond Audubon. Below is a full list of species seen. Highlights included good views of Bay-breasted Warbler, and Solitary Sandpiper. Notably absent were catharus Thrushes and Wood Thrush. Location: James River Park - Main Section Observation date: 5/7/11 Notes: Also reported --Worm-eating, Wilson's, Cape May, Northern Waterthrush, White-throated Sparrow. Also reported a female merganser with downy young - id'd as Red-breasted, but perhaps Common. Number of species: 60 Canada Goose X Mallard 2 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Egret 1 Osprey 1 Accipiter sp. 1 likely Coopers Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Acadian Flycatcher 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 4 Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 American Robin 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 15 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 4 Black-and-white Warbler 6 American Redstart 2 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Apparently returning male with atypical song Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal X Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Orchard Oriole 3 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)