Great day in the field!! We had 8 folks and a fine winter's day. The waterfowl in the marsh were amazing. Lots of birds and wonderful diversity and up close views. Thanks, Lewis for getting us up and out today!! Caroline & John Coe Dutch Gap Conservation Area/Henricus Park - CAP03, Chesterfield, US-VA Jan 17, 2015 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: RAS Field Trip. Clear, 27F - 43F. Skim of ice on the marsh, gone by mid-day. 57 species Canada Goose 200 Wood Duck 100 back of marsh Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 35 Mallard X Northern Shoveler X Northern Pintail 12 Green-winged Teal 3 Canvasback 1 Ring-necked Duck X Bufflehead 10 Hooded Merganser 1 Double-crested Cormorant 20 Great Blue Heron 6 Black Vulture X Turkey Vulture X Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 5 Killdeer 13 Wilson's Snipe 6 Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull 1 Mourning Dove 6 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker 3 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 5 Brown Creeper 2 Carolina Wren 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 6 Hermit Thrush 3 Brown Thrasher 1 Northern Mockingbird 5 European Starling X Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Field Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 12 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 20 Dark-eyed Junco 12 Northern Cardinal 8 Red-winged Blackbird 40 Eastern Meadowlark 1 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21385984 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)