[va-richmond-general] Better late than never...

  • From: "IE Ries" <FEATHERCHASER@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "RAS List" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:32:39 -0500

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

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