A walk along the Bright Hope Trail at Pocahontas State Park yielded some good sightings/hearings this morning. Highlights were YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, PRIARIE WARBLER, and HOODED WARBLER, as well as a BROAD-WINGED HAWK headed north. I also heard a BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH in the pines just south of the bridge over the small creek; I have found them at this location twice previously in September and October 2004. Bright Hope Trail runs south from the horse trailer parking lot on Beach Road; the parking lot is on the south side of Beach Road 0.9 miles west of the main park entrance. Location: Pocahontas State Park Observation date: 4/16/06 Notes: Bright Hope Trail Number of species: 29 Turkey Vulture 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker X White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue Jay 2 American Crow X Purple Martin 1 Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Brown-headed Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Hermit Thrush 1 Pine Warbler X Prairie Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Ovenbird X Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler X Eastern Towhee 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org) Wendy Ealding