[va-richmond-general] James River Park - Richmond 10/18/08

Hello VA-Birders,
I spent most of the morning birding the James River Park System beginning at
(8:00 am) and ending (12:30) at the Wetlands with 42nd Street/Reedy Creek
and the Floodwall in between. A good morning to be out with migration very
evident. Highlights included BLUE GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER,and RED-EYED VIREO.

Number of species:     57

Canada Goose     125     a few high flying groups of 3 - 7
Mallard     X
Double-crested Cormorant     165     1 high up V c.150
Great Blue Heron     4
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     10
Osprey     3
Cooper's Hawk     1     Harassing Osprey and Great Blue Heron at flood wall
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     3
Killdeer     1     Forest Hill Shopping Mall
Laughing Gull     8     Floodwall flying down river east
Ring-billed Gull     1     Floodwall
Rock Pigeon     35
Mourning Dove     2
Belted Kingfisher     3     1 at Wetlands being mobbed by crow
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     4
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
Red-eyed Vireo     1     42nd Street
Blue Jay     12
American Crow     27
Carolina Chickadee     16
Tufted Titmouse     6
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Brown Creeper     1     Wetlands
Carolina Wren     9
House Wren     1     Wetlands
Winter Wren     1     Wetlands
Golden-crowned Kinglet     4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     6
Eastern Bluebird     X
Hermit Thrush     1     Wetlands
American Robin     12
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     4
European Starling     20
Magnolia Warbler     1     42nd Street
Yellow-rumped Warbler     18
Palm Warbler     1     42nd Street
Common Yellowthroat     9
Eastern Towhee     1     42nd Street
Chipping Sparrow     5
Field Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     13
Swamp Sparrow     9
White-throated Sparrow     31
Dark-eyed Junco     3
Northern Cardinal     X
Blue Grosbeak     1     Wetlands
Indigo Bunting     1     42nd Street
Common Grackle     2
House Finch     34
American Goldfinch     17

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



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