I checked out the Beaver Lake Trail as a preview for Saturday's Richmond
Audubon Society field trip. No spring migrants yet, but there was a good
showing of sparrows (CHIPPING, FOX, SONG, SWAMP, WHITE-THROATED). Other
highlights
included a second year BALD EAGLE, and a PINE WARBLER gathering moss along
the stream bank near the dam. The wintering ducks have pretty much left (NO
CANADA GEESE!)
Full species list:
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser (nice pair with male displaying)
Bald Eagle (second year)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
Wendy Ealding
Chesterfield County
