[va-richmond-general] 42nd St., a little later
- From: "JANICE FRYE" <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'va-bird'" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 16:28:18 -0400
Ran into some birders leaving and got a heads-up from them on activity.
There were a number of non-birders along the trail by the water with lots of
questions, so I talked quite a bit. Maybe Sue will see a couple of them
tomorrow at Bryan Park. One interesting sight was yellow swallowtails
puddling next to yellow goldfinches in a wet section of trail. The
Swainson's thrush that someone heard singing popped up onto a branch above
the stairs from the parking lot as soon as I started down. Nice to have it
the day after Lewis Barnett's veery sighting at the Wetlands while my memory
is fresh. On the bridge I saw a pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks in the same
tree with singing Cape May warblers, yellow-rumps, blackpolls and N.
parulas. Although I was not feeling very motivated I still saw plenty of
nice birds. The additions I would make to Lewis Barnett's list today are
Swainson's thrush, magnolia warbler (one very brief look), Cape May warbler,
hairy woodpecker, eastern kingbird and TV. There were some things I missed
that he had. I am still working on oriole and tanager songs, but I did
manage to spot one singer-immature male orchard oriole. A couple of yellow
orioles with wing bars went streaking past me in a dispute, along with a
darker orange individual with wing bars. I think they were all Baltimores,
but there was no time to study them.
Jan
Richmond
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