[va-richmond-general] COMMON RAVEN at Amelia WMA 11/2/2008
- From: WEalding <wealding@xxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:55:16 -0500
This morning I paid a visit to Amelia WMA in the hope of finding some early
waterfowl on the lake. No luck, but, instead I found a COMMON RAVEN!
Full species list:
Location: Amelia WMA
Observation date: 11/2/08
Number of species: 24
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 7
Common Raven 1 Heard distinctive "cronk" call several times between
9:00 and 9:35 AM. Seen once around 9:15, calling while flying. Larger with
heavier head and beak and longer tail than 2 adjacent American Crows, primaries
with deeply indented "fingers". Distinctively different flight style, with
flat winged glides, did not have "rowing" flight style of the crows.
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 16
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Eastern Towhee X
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Northern Cardinal 4
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County
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