I have received no calls on this trip so far. Saturday, February 9, 2008 – George Washington’s Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland County After visiting the park we will go to Colonial Beach for coffee/refreshments and carpool from the coffee shop to bird the Potomac and creeks in the town for an hour. To carpool/travel as a group to the area, we will depart from the Glenside Drive Park-and-Ride lot at 7 a.m. Admission to certain zones of the park is free but there is an admission fee of $4.00 to some zones good for birding, like the historic house area. Contact Tyler Turpin at 804-317-9478 for more information or to sign up. If February 9 is canceled because of snow or ice or prediction of snow or ice, the make up day will be Saturday, February 23. Look what Lee Adams saw today at the site of this trip: On my way to Warsaw today I saw 2 Red-shouldered Hawks perched alongside Highway 3. At George Washington Birthplace skeins of Canada Geese filled the air. A Crow topped a tree with a pair of Bald Eagles in it. A male Northern Harrier eating lunch on the ground relocated ten yards further away when I stopped the truck to watch. Bufflehead were easy to spot in the Potomac off the beach. Goldfinches, Bluebirds and Robins crowded the edges of the road through the woods. At the picnic grounds there were tons of Tundra Swans in the cove. I stopped at the Muse Rd. end of Rt. 624 near Flat Iron Corner on the way home. Several fields were filled with Canada Geese. The wind was brisk but I could see several Long-tailed Ducks, some Scaup, and some Common Goldeneye with more Bufflehead on the river. Back at George Washington Birthplace the Northern Harrier floated over the fields. A Red-tailed Hawk was watching the pond at the beach end of the road. I could only see one Bald Eagle this time, but an American Kestrel and a Red-shouldered Hawk evened things out. You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.