[va-richmond-general] Re: Henricus Monday a.m.
- From: Bob Reilly <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:11:06 -0400
Tagging on to Al's observations this morning:
Redstarts were present in good numbers all along the Dutch Gap loop as were
yellow-throated warblers. Found a prairie warbler and a Baltimore oriole
singing in the field by the banding station, plus a parula warbler just past
the 3.5 mile mark Blue grosbeaks were singing from the fence a short distance
beyond the visitors' center. The vanguard of the prothonotaries is clearly in
though I have not not see any females at Henricus/Dutch Gap as yet. Males were
present at a number of locations, and I observed three going in and out of nest
boxes, including the one labeled B1 that is
at the left edge of the marsh as you face it from the boardwalk at Henricus. A
family was successfully raised in that box last year. Yellow warblers were
singing at several spots, most reliably as you bear left at the corner of the
marsh on the entrance road. Back home in Powhatan, I had my first wood
thrush of the season, singing as I left the house this morning.
Bob Reilly
Al Warfield wrote:
> In the morning at Henricus I saw several pairs of Yellow-throated Warblers
> chasing each other about. One was on the side of the trail gathering white
> fluffy plant material. High in a tree at a bend in the trail before the
> banding area was a singing thrasher. He was there on the way back too. There
> were lots of Common Yellowthroats, especially around the perimeter of the
> banding area. There was at least one White-eyed Vireo there too. Blue-gray
> Gnatcatchers were all over. Two Field Sparrows at the banding area in the
> tall grass. There were White-throated Sparrow all over Henricus.
> Back at the house (on Falling Creek in Meadowbrook, southside Richmond) we
> had a Pileated Woodpecker in the back yard, and there is a pair of Hairy
> Woodpeckers in the oak tree across the street. They came over and sampled the
> suet Sunday, both at the same time. The drumming of the male is very intense,
> and he keeps at it intermittently all day. So far we have only male hummers,
> and only one or two.
>
> Al Warfield
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