[va-richmond-general] Re: Around Richmond, 1/2/10 (they were all year birds!)
- From: Mary Arginteanu <mary.arginteanu@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:34:59 -0500
What a nice day, Lewis and, wow, two Ravens in downtown Richmond! Does
anyone know of ever seeing them so far east?
Re: Brown-headed Nuthatches: we live adjacent to the Wetlands entrance and
hear them in the yard and at the feeder from time to time. mary and larry
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Lewis Barnett <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I made a tour of James River Park locations and ended up down at Dutch Gap
> today. It was a little brisk, with a pretty steady breeze, but sunny and
> beautiful. I found most of the expected birds, and one or two surprises.
>
> I started the morning with five Hooded Mergansers in the pond behind the
> (original) Stony Point Office Park. There were Buffleheads, Ring-necked
> Ducks, and a couple of Pied-billed Grebes at Huguenot Flatwater. There was
> one Great Blue Heron in Rattlesnake Creek. Pony Pasture was pretty quiet. I
> was surprised to hear and then finally see a Brown-headed Nuthatch at the
> entrance to the Wetlands area on Landria Drive. I had thought for a long
> time that the Wetlands had some habitat that Brown-headed Nuthatches would
> like, but this is the first time I have seen one there. I also found a
> Barred Owl down near the river. The second surprise was a pair of Common
> Ravens down in the railroad yard behind the Floodwall Walk. There was a good
> variety of ducks in the marsh at Dutch Gap - Shovelers, Gadwall, Ring-necked
> Ducks, and American Wigeon were there in good numbers. There were three
> Northern Pintails and one Black Duck, along with a good number of Mallards
> and Canada Geese. There was one adult Bald Eagle perched on one of the old
> heron nests.
>
> All told, I found 51 species today. Complete lists for each location are
> given below.
>
> Lewis Barnett
>
> Location: James River Pk - Huguenot Flatwater
> Observation date: 1/2/10
> Number of species: 28
>
> Canada Goose 41
> Mallard 6
> Ring-necked Duck 23
> Bufflehead 52
> Pied-billed Grebe 2
> Double-crested Cormorant 1
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Ring-billed Gull 1
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 1
> Blue Jay 1
> American Crow 5
> Carolina Chickadee 4
> Tufted Titmouse 1
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 5
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
> Eastern Bluebird 11
> American Robin 2
> European Starling 28
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
> Eastern Towhee 1
> Northern Cardinal 3
> Common Grackle 1
> American Goldfinch 4
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
>
>
> Location: James River Park - Pony Pasture Section
> Observation date: 1/2/10
> Number of species: 7
>
> Mallard 3
> Bufflehead 21
> Ring-billed Gull 1
> American Crow 2
> Carolina Chickadee 1
> Carolina Wren 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
>
>
> Location: James River Park--The Wetlands
> Observation date: 1/2/10
> Number of species: 21
>
> Bufflehead 2
> Barred Owl 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 3
> Carolina Chickadee 13
> Tufted Titmouse 3
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Brown-headed Nuthatch 1
> Brown Creeper 1
> Carolina Wren 3
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
> Eastern Bluebird 1
> Field Sparrow 2
> Song Sparrow 3
> White-throated Sparrow 2
> Northern Cardinal 3
> House Finch 4
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
>
>
> Location: Henricus - Dutch Gap Conservation Area
> Observation date: 1/2/10
> Number of species: 15
>
> Canada Goose 68
> Gadwall 40
> American Wigeon 50
> American Black Duck 1
> Mallard 135
> Northern Shoveler 20
> Northern Pintail 3
> Ring-necked Duck 65
> Black Vulture 32
> Turkey Vulture 2
> Bald Eagle 1
> Rock Pigeon 20
> Carolina Chickadee 1
> Carolina Wren 1
> Northern Mockingbird 1
>
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>
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