I enjoyed a clear, crisp walk around Beaver Lake at Pocahontas State park today. Lots of pretty birds out, and a very unusual visitor, too! Here's the list: American Robin Pileated Woodie (pair) Red-bellied Woodie Downy Woodie (m) Killdeer (pair) Bufflehead Duck Gadwall Mallard Duck Canada Goose Black Swan White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Belted Kingfisher (m) Northern Cardinal (hordes of them) Eastern Phoebe White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Great Blue Heron Dark-eyed Junco Eastern Bluebird Carolina Wren And to wrap up - a happy ending to a terrible thing: http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=4242554 Happy Holidays, all! 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.