[va-richmond-general] Re: Henricus on Saturday

  • From: tyler turpin <tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:26:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

After the walk I went to City  Point in Hopewell to see if the Osprey were 
back. The two pairs have claimed their usual buoys but not started the yearly 
nest construction yet.

Sincerely,

Tyler Turpin

-----Original Message-----
>From: ben saunders <betsyben@xxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Mar 4, 2006 7:30 PM
>To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [va-richmond-general] Henricus on Saturday
>
>          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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