I've been doing that for years and it's often the time of day when I see the most birds and some of the best species diversity, especially toward evening when the birds are winging about getting their last meals of the day in. Have always wondered why no Audubon field trips take place during the course of the day (as opposed to early mornings *only*) as it's a good time to see things, too. Well, it has been for me, anyway. Irene in Southside ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bedell" <pbedell@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Richmond birding" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: [va-richmond-general] Green Heron Today at the James River Park "wetlands" in Richmond I saw a single Green Heron at the pond, I think the first one reported this year. I stopped there over the noon hour. See, its worth getting out birding even later in the day! Paul Bedell 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.