[va-richmond-general] Henricus on Saturday / The Saunders
- From: ben saunders <betsyben@xxxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:56:18 -0500
Even in January, spring was in the air at Henricus with warm temperatures
and mating activity in evidence among the birds. Great Blue Herons were
standing in the trees and the Red-shouldered Hawk was busy refurbishing
last year's nest near the parking lot. We walked down the Dutch Gap
trail as far as the first blind and then rushed to scope out the marsh
before the rain came. Here's our list:
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead (ash pond)
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bald Eagle
American Coot
Killdeer
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Piliated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
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