[va-richmond-general] Pocahontas State Park 3/20/06

I checked out the Beaver Lake Trail as a preview for Saturday's Richmond  
Audubon Society field trip.  No spring migrants yet, but there was a good  
showing of sparrows (CHIPPING, FOX, SONG, SWAMP, WHITE-THROATED).  Other  
highlights 
included a second year BALD EAGLE, and a PINE WARBLER gathering moss  along 
the stream bank near the dam.  The wintering ducks have pretty much  left (NO 
CANADA GEESE!)
 
Full species list:
 
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser (nice pair with male displaying)
Bald Eagle (second year)
 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
 
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
 
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
 
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Pine Warbler
 
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
 
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
 
 
Wendy  Ealding
Chesterfield County

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