[va-richmond-general] Re: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Robious Landing Park
- From: tyler turpin <tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:27:20 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Between Hopewell and a little beyond turnoff for claremont and sunken meadows
there are some visible from route 10 sometimes. last year the house on North
side of Route 5 just across from Turkey Island road had a pair nest in the tall
tree stump in the yard. these birds need acres of woodland to thrive. Some
state bioligst are considering naming this bird a threatned species in VA in a
few years. unfortunanttly I think we need to help get it done. even Rockbridge
County had a freaky low number on their Christmas count this year.
Sincerely ,
Tyler Turpin
-----Original Message-----
>From: hoplerjrda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Mar 8, 2006 4:29 PM
>To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Robious Landing
>Park
>
>I saw 5 Red Headed Woodpeckers all in the same grove of dead trees
>yesterday along the Mattaponi River upstream from Aylett. Seems like
>once you find a group they will generally stay in the same area.
>
>
>
>> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: WEalding@xxxxxxx
>> To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:34 AM
>> 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
>David A. Hopler Jr.
>Fisheries Biologist
>Dept. of Biology/ Center for Environmental Studies
>Virginia Commonwealth University
>1000 West Cary St. Room 041
>Richmond, VA 23284-2012
>(804) 827-0236
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