Julie is an ER nurse at MCV but lives at the eastern end of Chester. Her children are grown, her husband appreciates her birding so she's able to do lot of netting and banding in Powhatan, especially saw whet owls in the fall and winter. Bob On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:45 PM, <juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Having a great season in Powhatan for spring migration banding. New > arrivals every time we go out. The Grasshopper Sparrows buzzing in the > fields have eluded our nets but it is nice to hear them buzzing before > sunrise. We have flushed Grouse and also been listening to "bob-white" and > the gobbling of turkeys when at the nets. We had a good number of Blue-wings > calling last week, but they too stayed out of the nets. We are getting large > numbers of Common Yellowthroats and Grey Catbirds. Still netting > White-throated Sparrows as of today. Here's a few images from the past 2 > weeks. > > > > *(Birds pictured: Yellow-Breasted Chat/Indigo Bunting/Magnolia > warbler/Summer Tanager)* > > > > Julie Kacmarcik > > Powhatan > > > > -- Bob