[va-richmond-general] WILLOW FLYCATCHER at Bear Creek Lake SP, Cumberland County 6/30/08

There was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER at Bear Creek Lake State Park in Cumberland 
County this morning.  It was distinguished from the much more common Acadian 
Flycatcher by its almost Wood Thrush-like "wit" call and lack of eye-ring.  
This species is not recorded in Dalmas et al's Checklist of Virginia's 
South-Central Piedmont.

The other highlight of the trip was a BLACK BEAR, seen at the edge of Trents 
Mill Road about 1/4 mile south from the park entrance.  Not only was it my 
first Black Bear sighting for the county, it was my first state and US sighting!

Full bird species list:

Location:     Bear Creek Lake SP 
Observation date:     6/30/08 
Number of species:     30 

Great Blue Heron     1 
Red-shouldered Hawk     1 
Mourning Dove     X 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     X 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     X 
Eastern Wood-Pewee     X 
Acadian Flycatcher     X 
Willow Flycatcher     1     identified by lack of eye ring and "wit" call 
Yellow-throated Vireo     X 
Red-eyed Vireo     X 
Blue Jay     X 
American Crow     1 
Carolina Chickadee     X 
Tufted Titmouse     X 
White-breasted Nuthatch     X 
Carolina Wren     X 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     X 
Wood Thrush     X 
Northern Parula     X 
Pine Warbler     X 
Ovenbird     2 
Louisiana Waterthrush     1 
Kentucky Warbler     X 
Common Yellowthroat     X 
Hooded Warbler     1 
Scarlet Tanager     X 
Chipping Sparrow     2 
Northern Cardinal     X 
Brown-headed Cowbird     X 
American Goldfinch     X 

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) 



Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County

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