[va-richmond-general] Re: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Robious Landing Park
- From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:08:49 -0500
Speaking of Red-headed Woodpeckers, a friend of our who lives about 5 blocks
west of Jef Davis Highway near Walmsly Blvd said she sees them occasionally in
her yard. She is not a birder but she described them perfectly. They apparently
come from the nearby DuPont plant area on the James River where there is good
sized preserve. We live on the other side of Falling Creek from there and have
never seen them in our area. These birds have been known to be in the Robious
Landing Park area for quite awhile, and used to be seen in the marsh and
parking lot area of Henricus, but not in the last couple of years, or at least
I haven't heard any reports. I'm not sure why they are down so much in numbers
from the recent past. That might be something we could focus on in this area.
Al Warfield
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Subject: [va-richmond-general] RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Robious Landing Park
Ten participants on Richmond Audubon's Second Wednesday Walk to Robious Landing
Park were treated to a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in the parking lot.
Other species
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Wood Ducks - 10 or so on the river
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (reported by the Kaulfers party)
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Pine Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Robious Landing Park is described at
http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/vbwt/site.asp?trail=1&site=CRI13&loop=CRI
Wendy Ealding
Chesterfield County
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