Lewis: I was at the Wetlands on Thursday, April 21, 2011 looking for Warblers but got side-tracked by the beautiful Zebra Swallowtails and the numerous Eastern Commas. Naseem Reza On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Barnett, Lewis <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > It was kind of a forbidding morning, misty, spitting rain, dark and cool. > In spite of that fact, there were a handful of birders out in the James > River Park System, and the reward was pretty good. Trees are already getting > pretty well leafed out, and combined with cloudy skies made seeing birds > tough. Many of the reported birds were heard but not seen. > > Arun Bose and I spent time at 42nd Street and The Wetlands. Migrants > present in both places: Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Common > Yellowthroat, Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Parula, Black-and-White > Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler. > > Only seen/heard at 42nd Street: Orchard Oriole (two males in an extended > face-off at Reedy Creek), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (sang, but was very > elusive). Arun also teased out a pair of Bank Swallows from a mixed flock > perched on one of the rocks visible from the 42nd Street Island. > > Once again, The Wetlands were a little more productive. Additional species > there: Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Waterthrush (three singing, two gave > good looks), Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, probable Blue-winged Warbler > (never seen, so Brewster's can't be ruled out), Ovenbird, Indigo Bunting. We > also found a couple of seemingly late female American Wigeon hanging out > with a drake Wood Duck on the pond. > > > Lewis Barnett > lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please > visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > >
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