[va-richmond-general] Ginter Trip report
- From: tyler turpin <tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 13:19:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
10 birders attended the August 26th trip to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.=
The lake behind the Bloomendal House has been refilled so there were a lot=
of birds in the trees on the golf course adjoining the other side of the l=
ake. 26 species were seen. The lake was drained with only the creek running=
in the middle of it for so many months a bunch of weeds grew in the lakebe=
d. These may provide some good cover for waterfowl in the Fall if they do n=
ot decompose in the filled up lake before the migrating waterfowl arrive. M=
any common species were not seen. The highlights were a pair of Brown Thras=
hers and a Gray Catbird in the same tree, a few juvenile bluebirds of a fir=
st nest of the year, A Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, an Eastern Wood-Peewee, femal=
e Yellow Warbler and a Great Crested Flycatcher were all within 30 feet of =
each other at the same time on the golf course side of the lake. One of the=
adult Green Herons from the pair that nests at the Gardens was seen in the=
irrigation pond where it has been seen on several other trips. The pair ha=
d two young hatch and survive this year. We saw the two young birds flying =
over the main lake and eventually perch in some trees. These two were only =
spotted when a Great Blue Heron was seen flying from a tree-lined area of t=
he lake shore as the group was leaving the lake area so the group returned =
to see the heron and the two young Green Herons flew in .This is the second=
year Green Herons have successfully breed at Ginter Gardens.
A staff member reported seeing a Cooper's Hawk earlier in the week on the g=
rounds that caught and ate a squirrel. When was the last time (please list =
year and month if possible) someone saw a Great Egret or a Belted Kingfishe=
r at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Neither species has been seen on an Au=
dubon society trip to the Gardens this year.
Sincerely,=20
Tyler Turpin
There are a bunch of Great Egrets in the swamp next to I-95 between the Rou=
te 10 and Temple Avenue Exits. There is a large flock of Cormorants and two=
Osprey that hatched this year still hanging around their nest buoy but cat=
ching and eating fish on their own now that their parents migrated a few we=
eks ago visable from the shoreline part the City Point National Park site =
in Hopewell. Some Spotted Sandpipers and Yellowlegs have been seen there to=
o.
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