Hoping for a fallout this morning with the cold front that came through last
night, there were certainly good numbers of migrants on the back trail, as
well as Swamp Sparrow and Winter Wren seen from the boardwalk. Most of the
winter ducks have gone, but both teal species were seen from the observation
blind
between the 0.5 and 1.0 mile markers. All of the Ring-billed Gulls seem to
have disappeared but Laughers are much in evidence.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglets - singing their heads off
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler - huge numbers
Yellow-throated Warbler - singing everywhere, I saw one but heard far more
Pine Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Also a good mammal morning - I spooked 8 White-tailed Deer that were resting
alongside the trail a little way past the banding station. They ran along the
fence practically the whole way back to the Visitor Center. Also close to
where I found the deer, there was a Red Fox. And a Groundhog running down the
first fishing trail down from the Visitor Center.
Wendy Ealding
Chesterfield County
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