OK, I suppose I should have gotten on the stick and posted this in a timely matter, but...well, y'all know how it is (sorry this will be such a long mail)! Pocahontas State Park, Beaver Lake Trail and Powhatan Trail 11/30/03: Lesser Scaup Killdeer (2 pairs working the mudflats) Belted Kingfisher (m) Hermit Thrush Bufflehead Duck Mallard Duck Pileated Woodpecker Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren American Goldfinch Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird Northern Flicker Redbellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker (f) Laughing Gull Whitebreasted Nutchatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet White-throated Sparrow (white stripe) Downy Woodpecker (m) Canada Goose Eastern Phoebe Mourning Dove ======> 3 Wilson's Snipe! Dutch Gap trail 11/23/03: Great Blue Heron Golden-crowned Kinglet Field Sparrow White-throated Sparrow (white stripe) Yellow-rumped Warbler Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-shouldered Hawk American Kestral (f) American Goldfinch Eastern Bluebird Ruby-crowned Kinglet Redbellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker (m) Canada Goose Dark-eyed Junco Savannah Sparrow Ring-billed Gull Laughing Gull Northern Mockingbird Northern Flicker Killdeer* Carolina Wren Song Sparrow European Starling (lots) Redwinged Blackbird Herring Gull Mourning Dove Double-crested Cormorant Belted Kingfisher Henricus Park and Dutch Gap trail 11/22/03: Mourning Dove Northern Shoveler (pairs) American Black Duck (pairs) Mallard Duck (pairs) American Kestral (m) Redtailed Hawk (j) Turkey Vulture White-throated Sparrow (white stripe) Common Grackle European Starling Northern Cardinal Redbellied Woodpecker Carolina Wren Killdeer* Brown Creeper Double-crested Cormorant Red-winged Blackbird Song Sparrow Northern Flicker (f) American Tree Sparrow Ruby-crowned Kinglet (f, m) American Crow Chipping Sparrow Eastern Bluebird American Goldfinch Pileated Woodpecker* Northern Mockingbird Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse +1 Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Field Sparrow Downy Woodpecker (f, m) Yellow-rumped Warbler (f, m) Dark-eyed Junco Belted Kingfisher Laughing Gull Question: I have been seeing Kingfishers all year, obviously, but why is it that in the winter, I only seem to see males? All the birds I've for the last month and all last winter were always males! Anyone known? Do the females go off to other territory during winter? Happy birding. Irene in Southside 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.