[va-richmond-general] Henricus on Saturday

  • From: ben saunders <betsyben@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:30:53 -0500

          Henricus was cold and windy today!  Here's what we saw:


                                 Double-crested Cormorant
                                 Great blue Heron
                                 Canada Goose
                                 Gadwall
                                  N. Shoveler
                                  Ring-necked Duck
                                  American Wigeon
                                  Mallard
                                  N. Pintail
                                  Wood Duck
                                  Common Merganser
                                  Turkey Vulture
                                  Black Vulture
                                  Red -shouldered Hawk
                                  Cooper's Hawk
                                  Red-tailed Hawk
                                  Bald Eagle
                                  Osprey
                                  Kestrel
                                  American Coot
                                  Killdeer
                                  Common Snipe or is it Wilson's now?
                                  Ring-bill gull  
                                  Black-backed Gull                      
          
                                  Rock Dove
                                  Mourning Dove
                                  Belted Kingfisher
                                  Red-bellied Woodpecker
                                  Northern Flicker
                                  Piliated Woodpecker
                                  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
                                  American Crow                          
        
                                   Tree Swallow
                                   Tufted Titmouse
                                   Carolina Chickadee
                                   White-breasted Nuthatch
                                   Carolina Wren
                                   Eastern Bluebird
                                   Eastern Phoebe
                                   American Robin
                                   Hermit Thrush
                                   Northern Mockingbird
                                   European Starling
                                   Yellow-rumped Warbler                 
                
                                   Northern Cardinal
                                   Song Sparrow
                                   Red-winged Blackbird                  
               
                                   American Goldfinch

    After the walk, four of us went to the floodwall and got close looks
at the Ash-throated Flycatcher.   It hopped on the railroad track and
just kept walking toward us. Then it flew even closer.  At one point it
was only 30 feet away and completely unconcerned by us. We even heard it
make several little nasal calls. Also saw a Peregrine sitting by the nest
box and two Osprey on the nest.



                Ben and Betsy Saunders
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