The sun was pleasant but the wind was cold this morning! No sign of any Yellow-throated Warbler, but the song of the Winter Wren was a nice consolation. Duck numbers seem to have declined significantly, indicating their departure. Good news -- two active Great Blue Heron nests. Complete list: Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Gadwall Ring-necked Duck Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Ring-billed Gull Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow - many actively working at the next boxes Blue Jay American Crow - pair flying across from the Henrico side of the river, one carrying nesting material Fish Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Winter Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler - a nice male singing in the large pines a little way down the back trail Northern Cardinal Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Wendy Ealding Chesterfield County 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.